Minnesota North Stars vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 29, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Saturday, November 29, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the North Stars 32–31.
Steve Payne scored twice. Glen Sharpley, Mario Tremblay, Keith Acton and Bobby Smith also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Sharpley (10)Mike Fidler (8), Mike Eaves (5)1–017:24 MNS
2nd period
Steve Payne (9)Bobby Smith (13), Al MacAdam (13)2–004:00 MNS · 
Mario Tremblay (9)Yvon Lambert (7), Gaston Gingras (6)2–109:46 MTL
Keith Acton (7)Gaston Gingras (7), Mario Tremblay (15)2–211:46 MTL ·
3rd period
Bobby Smith (10)Steve Payne (10), Tim Young (16)3–212:37 MNS · - Steve Payne (10)Bobby Smith (14)4–212:48 MNS
Team stats
MNSMTL
3132
0%0%
2/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:01 into the first period
Fred Barrett · holding2 min - 2:30 into the second period
Keith Acton · holding2 min - 5:28 into the second periodBobby Smith · interference2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodTim Young · slashing2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodRod Langway · charging2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
- 12:29 into the third periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike FidlerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Tim YoungC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |