Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 11, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Saturday, October 11, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 38–34.
Goals came from Larry Robinson, Doug Jarvis, Rich Preston, Darryl Sutter, Denis Savard, Pierre Larouche, John Marks, Grant Mulvey and Mario Tremblay.
Tony Esposito made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (1)Chris Nilan (1), Doug Risebrough (1)0–104:13 MTL
Doug Jarvis (1)Unassisted0–208:01 MTL · 
Rich Preston (3)Tom Lysiak (3), Bob Murray (1)1–208:49 CHI · 
Darryl Sutter (2)Mike O'connell (1), Rich Preston (1)2–214:39 CHI · 
Denis Savard (1)Bob Murray (2), Greg Fox (1)3–216:52 CHI
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (1)Guy Lapointe (1)3–308:02 MTL ·
3rd period
John Marks (2)Dave Hutchison (1), Denis Savard (4)4–306:51 CHI
Grant Mulvey (1)Mike O'connell (2), Terry Ruskowski (2)5–310:21 CHI
Mario Tremblay (1)Rejean Houle (1)5–416:31 MTL
Team stats
CHIMTL
3438
0%0%
2/51/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:48 into the first period
Mario Tremblay · tripping2 min - 7:41 into the first periodGaston Gingras · hooking2 min
- 10:19 into the first periodGuy Lapointe · high sticking2 min
- 11:40 into the first period
Ron Sedlbauer · interference2 min - 13:52 into the first periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodTed Bulley · slashing2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodChris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodDave Hutchison · interference2 min
- 7:11 into the second periodTerry Ruskowski · high sticking2 min
- 17:35 into the second periodDenis Savard · holding2 min
- 2:08 into the third periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 3:01 into the third periodTerry Ruskowski · boarding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 16Rich PrestonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike O'connellD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11John MarksR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Florent RobidouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |