Washington Capitals vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1980 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 7–4 on Saturday, December 27, 1980 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Capitals 39–31.
Steve Shutt scored twice. Pierre Mondou, Larry Robinson, James McTaggart, Dennis Maruk, Pierre Larouche, Bengt-Ake Gustafsson, Mario Tremblay, Yvon Lambert and Mike Gartner also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Palmateer stopped 32 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (3)Rejean Houle (15)0–100:58 MTL
Larry Robinson (6)Steve Shutt (23), Guy Lafleur (22)0–207:28 MTL · 
James McTaggart (1)Wes Jarvis (8), Ryan Walter (18)1–213:34 WSH
Dennis Maruk (26)Bob Kelly (20), Mike Palmateer (5)2–218:31 WSH
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (7)Guy Lafleur (23), Larry Robinson (13)2–308:59 MTL · 
Bengt-Ake Gustafsson (12)Ryan Walter (19), Mike Gartner (20)3–312:13 WSH
Mario Tremblay (14)Keith Acton (12), Yvon Lambert (14)3–417:39 MTL
3rd period
Yvon Lambert (8)Keith Acton (13), Mario Tremblay (21)3–511:50 MTL
Mike Gartner (20)Ryan Walter (20), Darren Veitch (10)4–515:23 WSH · 
Steve Shutt (19)Pierre Larouche (9), Guy Lafleur (24)4–616:17 MTL- Steve Shutt (20)Pierre Larouche (10), Guy Lafleur (25)4–719:20 MTL
Team stats
WSHMTL
3139
0%0%
1/52/3
1822
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:25 into the first period
Larry Robinson · holding2 min - 6:24 into the first period
Howard Walker · hooking2 min - 9:50 into the first periodMario Tremblay · charging2 min
- 18:43 into the first periodPierre Mondou · hooking2 min
- 2:54 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · hooking2 min
- 5:10 into the second periodMario Tremblay · roughing2 min
- 5:10 into the second periodJames McTaggart · roughing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodAl Hangsleben · roughing2 min
- 6:00 into the third periodRod Langway · fighting5 min
- 6:00 into the third periodPaul Mulvey · fighting5 min
- 12:26 into the third periodMario Tremblay · roughing2 min
- 12:26 into the third periodMario Tremblay · fighting5 min
- 12:26 into the third periodJames McTaggart · fighting5 min
- 14:17 into the third periodSerge Savard · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 9Ryan WalterC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 16Bengt-Ake GustafssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dennis MarukC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob KellyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4James McTaggartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Darren VeitchD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Al HangslebenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Guy CharronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tim TookeyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jean PronovostR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Dennis VervergaertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Paul MulveyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Archie HendersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Howard WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike PalmateerG | L | 39 | 7 | .821 |
| 35Wayne StephensonG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick WamsleyG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |