New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 7–4 on Saturday, November 1, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 34–24.
Dan McCarthy scored twice. Phil Esposito, Larry Robinson, Bob Gainey, Serge Savard, Ron Greschner, Doug Jarvis, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Larouche and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Michel Larocque made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; John Davidson stopped 27 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Phil Esposito (2)Unassisted1–012:14 NYR
2nd period
Larry Robinson (2)Guy Lapointe (4), Guy Lafleur (9)1–103:28 MTL · 
Bob Gainey (3)Guy Lapointe (5), Rejean Houle (6)1–203:49 MTL
Serge Savard (1)Bob Gainey (2)1–308:40 MTL
Ron Greschner (6)Unassisted2–309:08 NYR
Doug Jarvis (4)Yvon Lambert (4), Larry Robinson (5)2–414:06 MTL
Guy Lapointe (1)Steve Shutt (7), Pierre Larouche (7)2–514:39 MTL ·
3rd period
Pierre Larouche (6)Unassisted2–602:09 MTL
Dan McCarthy (1)Mike Allison (2), Mario Marois (2)3–611:54 NYR · - Dan McCarthy (2)Mike Allison (3)4–612:07 NYR ·
Guy Lafleur (5)Steve Shutt (8)4–713:12 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
2434
0%0%
2/62/5
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:25 into the first period
Dave Silk · interference2 min - 8:38 into the first period
Gaston Gingras · delaying game2 min - 18:29 into the first periodSteve Shutt · holding2 min
- 2:43 into the second periodBarry Beck · hooking2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodDoug Sulliman · hooking2 min
- 14:30 into the second periodDan McCarthy · hooking2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · tripping2 min
- 4:47 into the third periodPhil Esposito · hooking2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodGuy Lapointe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodDoug Wickenheiser · cross checking2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Dan McCarthyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Mario MaroisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Cam ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Andre DoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30John DavidsonG | L | 34 | 7 | .794 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 5Guy LapointeD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |