Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 4, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 on Thursday, December 4, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 33–28.
Goals came from Steve Shutt, Randy Carlyle, Rod Langway, Rick Kehoe and Pat Hughes.
Greg Millen made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (17)Mark Napier (10), Yvon Lambert (9)0–116:18 MTL
2nd period
Randy Carlyle (3)Peter Lee (7), Mark Johnson (2)1–106:56 PIT
Rod Langway (3)Steve Shutt (20)1–213:46 MTL ·
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (21)Paul Gardner (6), Randy Carlyle (24)2–205:08 PIT · 
Pat Hughes (4)Rod Schutt (11), Randy Carlyle (25)3–208:58 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
2833
0%0%
1/41/4
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:30 into the first period
Keith Acton · high sticking2 min - 4:23 into the first period
Mario Faubert · interference2 min - 5:37 into the first periodYvon Lambert · hooking2 min
- 6:26 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
- 8:42 into the first periodRon Stackhouse · tripping2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 6:45 into the second periodGilles Lupien · high sticking2 min
- 12:12 into the second periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 12:12 into the second periodGilles Lupien · slashing2 min
- 13:42 into the second periodMario Faubert · slashing2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodBrian Engblom · interference2 min
- 4:27 into the third periodGaston Gingras · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 |