Montréal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 1980 · The Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–4 on Wednesday, November 12, 1980 at The Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Kings 32–25.
Steve Shutt scored a hat trick and Marcel Dionne scored a hat trick. Guy Lafleur, Mark Napier, Mario Tremblay, Doug Jarvis, Charlie Simmer and Rod Langway also scored.
Michel Larocque made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mario Lessard stopped 24 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (9)Guy Lafleur (14)1–008:50 MTL
Guy Lafleur (8)Pierre Mondou (1), Steve Shutt (13)2–011:07 MTL- Steve Shutt (10)Pierre Mondou (2), Guy Lafleur (15)3–011:34 MTL
2nd period
Mark Napier (6)Larry Robinson (9), Doug Jarvis (3)4–001:55 MTL- Steve Shutt (11)Guy Lafleur (16)5–003:17 MTL ·
Marcel Dionne (11)Billy Harris (6), Larry Murphy (12)5–108:30 LAK · 
Mario Tremblay (7)Rejean Houle (8)6–118:37 MTL
3rd period
Doug Jarvis (5)Bob Gainey (4)7–107:16 MTL- Marcel Dionne (12)Charlie Simmer (17), Billy Harris (7)7–207:30 LAK
Charlie Simmer (17)Billy Harris (8), Marcel Dionne (18)7–311:33 LAK · 
Rod Langway (2)Guy Lafleur (17)8–312:38 MTL · - Marcel Dionne (13)Larry Murphy (13), Billy Harris (9)8–416:12 LAK ·
Team stats
MTLLAK
3225
0%0%
2/63/6
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:57 into the first period
Dan Bonar · cross checking2 min - 15:38 into the first periodKevin Schamehorn · roughing2 min
- 15:38 into the first period
Doug Jarvis · holding2 min - 2:44 into the second periodDan Bonar · tripping2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · holding2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodBob Gainey · hooking2 min
- 11:18 into the second periodKeith Acton · interference2 min
- 12:28 into the second periodCharlie Simmer · slashing2 min
- 11:11 into the third periodBob Gainey · interference2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 11:53 into the third periodGreg Terrion · high sticking2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · high sticking2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodMichel Larocque · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodMark Hardy · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 4 | 5 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 3 | 1 | 4 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Glenn GoldupR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin SchamehornR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Dave LewisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | L | 32 | 8 | .750 |
| 30Ron GrahameG | 0 | 0 | – |