Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, November 11, 1980 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Rockies 8–2 on Tuesday, November 11, 1980 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Rockies 26–20.
Goals came from Larry Robinson, Paul Gagne, Mark Napier, Merlin Malinowski, Pierre Mondou, Serge Savard, Gaston Gingras, Brian Engblom, Keith Acton and Bob Gainey.
Michel Larocque made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Al Smith stopped 10 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (4)Mario Tremblay (6), Keith Acton (5)1–001:28 MTL
Paul Gagne (8)Rob Ramage (15), Mike McEwen (8)1–110:36 CLR · 
Mark Napier (5)Rejean Houle (7)2–113:06 MTL
2nd period
Merlin Malinowski (5)Randy Pierce (8), Mike McEwen (9)2–201:57 CLR
Pierre Mondou (1)Larry Robinson (6)3–204:28 MTL
Serge Savard (2)Guy Lafleur (13), Steve Shutt (11)4–207:28 MTL
Gaston Gingras (2)Unassisted5–208:34 MTL · 
Brian Engblom (1)Steve Shutt (12), Larry Robinson (7)6–209:10 MTL · 
Keith Acton (3)Mario Tremblay (7)7–212:33 MTL
3rd period
Bob Gainey (4)Larry Robinson (8)8–218:01 MTL
Team stats
MTLCLR
2620
0%0%
2/61/7
3412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:54 into the first period
Larry Robinson · hooking2 min - 15:33 into the first period
Bobby Crawford · interference2 min - 18:59 into the first periodLanny McDonald · kneeing2 min
- 19:22 into the first periodMark Napier · hooking2 min
- 8:01 into the second periodLes Auge · holding2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodRandy Pierce · delaying game2 min
- 13:43 into the second periodSteve Shutt · high sticking2 min
- 0:36 into the third periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 5:04 into the third periodMario Tremblay · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:38 into the third periodLanny McDonald · tripping2 min
- 15:45 into the third periodBob Gainey · hooking2 min
- 18:34 into the third periodBarry Smith · holding2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodChris Nilan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:35 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the third periodChris Nilan · gross misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 20 | 2 | .900 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug BerryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Bobby SheehanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bobby CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Les AugeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 31Al SmithG | L | 17 | 7 | .588 |