Montréal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1980 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Wednesday, December 10, 1980 at Civic Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 45–35.
Peter Lee scored twice. Rod Langway, Mario Tremblay, George Ferguson, Rick Kehoe and Guy Lafleur also scored.
Greg Millen made 42 saves on 45 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Rod Langway (5)Doug Jarvis (11), Bob Gainey (9)1–005:06 MTL
Mario Tremblay (12)Keith Acton (10)2–014:06 MTL
2nd period
Peter Lee (5)Mark Johnson (5), Mario Faubert (13)2–102:26 PIT
George Ferguson (11)Greg Malone (2), Rod Schutt (14)2–206:52 PIT
Rick Kehoe (22)Paul Gardner (7), Mario Faubert (14)2–308:56 PIT
3rd period
Guy Lafleur (10)Pierre Mondou (6), Steve Shutt (21)3–307:16 MTL- Peter Lee (6)Randy Carlyle (30)3–416:58 PIT
Team stats
MTLPIT
4535
0%0%
0/30/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:05 into the first period
Guy Lafleur · tripping2 min - 8:58 into the first period
Mario Faubert · hooking2 min - 10:11 into the first periodYvon Lambert · hooking2 min
- 10:52 into the second periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 13:24 into the second periodGeorge Ferguson · hooking2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodMario Faubert · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Rick ChartrawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Peter LeeR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Paul GardnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Nick LibettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 6Bennett WolfD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rob HollandG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Greg MillenG | W | 45 | 3 | .933 |