Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1980 · Northlands Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Saturday, December 20, 1980 at Northlands Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 28–25.
Goals came from Matti Hagman, Glenn Anderson, Rejean Houle, Steve Shutt, Mark Napier, Mark Messier and Dave Hunter.
Eddie Mio made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Matti Hagman (7)Glenn Anderson (6), Jari Kurri (13)0–101:09 EDM
Glenn Anderson (9)Unassisted0–208:11 EDM · 
Rejean Houle (11)Unassisted1–215:37 MTL
3rd period
Steve Shutt (18)Pierre Mondou (7)2–203:28 MTL
Mark Napier (14)Doug Jarvis (13), Bob Gainey (13)3–206:42 MTL
Mark Messier (8)Wayne Gretzky (35), Lee Fogolin (8)3–314:57 EDM
Dave Hunter (6)Glenn Anderson (7), Lee Fogolin (9)3–419:58 EDM
Team stats
MTLEDM
2528
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Mark Messier · boarding2 min - 18:38 into the first period
Rod Langway · holding2 min - 17:40 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodDoug Hicks · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Curt BrackenburyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Stan WeirC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 47Don MurdochR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |