Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 3, 1980 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–5 on Wednesday, December 3, 1980 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 30–24.
Mark Napier scored 4 goals and Andre Savard scored twice. Serge Savard, Tony McKegney, Mario Tremblay, John Van Boxmeer and Ric Seiling also scored.
Michel Larocque made 19 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bob Sauve stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (8)Steve Shutt (16), Brian Engblom (7)1–001:46 MTL- Mark Napier (9)Steve Shutt (17), Gaston Gingras (8)2–006:46 MTL ·
Andre Savard (10)Lindy Ruff (5), Alan Haworth (1)2–109:40 BUF · 
Serge Savard (3)Doug Jarvis (9)3–115:07 MTL
2nd period
- Andre Savard (11)John Van Boxmeer (12)3–203:39 BUF
Tony McKegney (13)Derek Smith (19), Gilbert Perreault (16)3–307:55 BUF · 
Mario Tremblay (10)Keith Acton (9), Brian Engblom (8)4–311:47 MTL · - Mark Napier (10)Steve Shutt (18), Serge Savard (3)5–312:40 MTL
John Van Boxmeer (7)Unassisted5–416:48 BUF- Mark Napier (11)Steve Shutt (19), Yvon Lambert (8)6–418:09 MTL
3rd period
Ric Seiling (5)Gilles Hamel (3), Richie Dunn (13)6–502:40 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
3024
0%0%
2/42/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:15 into the first period
Larry Playfair · interference2 min - 7:54 into the first period
Brian Engblom · holding2 min - 10:47 into the first periodBrian Engblom · tripping2 min
- 17:53 into the first periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 19:43 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · tripping2 min
- 6:48 into the second periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
- 7:37 into the second periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 9:05 into the second periodMike Ramsey · tripping2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodRic Seiling · delaying game2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodLarry Playfair · high sticking2 min
- 13:14 into the second periodRick Chartraw · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Andre SavardC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4John Van BoxmeerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 8Tony McKegneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 11Gilbert PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Ric SeilingR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gilles HamelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Lindy RuffL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Craig RamsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Don LuceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 28Bob SauveG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |