Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 30, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 8–2 on Thursday, October 30, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 39–29.
Guy Lafleur scored twice and Pierre Larouche scored twice. Bernie Johnston, Doug Wickenheiser, Blaine Stoughton, Doug Jarvis, Yvon Lambert and Mark Napier also scored.
Michel Larocque made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 31 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Bernie Johnston (3)Mark Howe (8)1–011:10 HFD
Doug Wickenheiser (2)Guy Lafleur (6), Mario Tremblay (3)1–112:56 MTL · 
Blaine Stoughton (1)Mike Rogers (9), Thommy Abrahamsson (1)2–117:53 HFD
2nd period
Guy Lafleur (3)Steve Shutt (4), Pierre Larouche (6)2–214:36 MTL
Pierre Larouche (4)Guy Lafleur (7)2–315:28 MTL
Doug Jarvis (3)Rejean Houle (5), Larry Robinson (3)2–419:23 MTL
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (5)Guy Lafleur (8), Steve Shutt (5)2–501:20 MTL
- Guy Lafleur (4)Steve Shutt (6), Larry Robinson (4)2–611:56 MTL
Yvon Lambert (3)Unassisted2–714:59 MTL
Mark Napier (3)Unassisted2–815:56 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
2939
0%0%
0/21/4
184
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:35 into the first period
Al Sims · tripping2 min - 12:41 into the first periodPat Boutette · hooking2 min
- 15:46 into the first period
Guy Lapointe · hooking2 min - 1:38 into the second periodBlaine Stoughton · hooking2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodGaston Gingras · hooking2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodRick Ley · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodRick Ley · misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie JohnstonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave DebolC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Rick LeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 39 | 8 | .795 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 6 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |