Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Saturday, December 6, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 25–21.
Goals came from Rod Langway, Bob Gainey, Keith Acton, Dwight Foster and Mario Tremblay.
Richard Sevigny made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Rogie Vachon stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Langway (4)Yvon Lambert (10), Doug Wickenheiser (8)0–107:38 MTL
Bob Gainey (9)Doug Jarvis (10), Gaston Gingras (9)0–217:10 MTL
2nd period
Keith Acton (8)Mario Tremblay (16), Guy Lafleur (20)0–307:22 MTL ·
3rd period
Dwight Foster (8)Jean Ratelle (6), Peter McNab (17)1–307:29 BOS · 
Mario Tremblay (11)Rejean Houle (12)1–419:46 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
2125
0%0%
1/31/4
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Al Secord · fighting5 min - 1:37 into the first period
Chris Nilan · fighting5 min - 5:12 into the first periodDick Redmond · hooking2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodMario Tremblay · slashing2 min
- 13:31 into the first periodAl Secord · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodSteve Kasper · holding2 min
- 6:15 into the third periodKeith Acton · tripping2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 13:11 into the third periodDouglas Morrison · tripping2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Douglas MorrisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Brad ParkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 30Jim CraigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |