Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, December 28, 1980 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sunday, December 28, 1980 at Madison Square Garden. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 28–26.
Goals came from Yvon Lambert, Doug Jarvis, Anders Hedberg, Steve Shutt, Pierre Mondou, Eddie Johnstone and Rejean Houle.
Rick Wamsley made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Lambert (9)Larry Robinson (14), Mario Tremblay (22)1–019:25 MTL
2nd period
Doug Jarvis (9)Chris Nilan (3), Larry Robinson (15)2–000:57 MTL
Anders Hedberg (15)Mike Allison (14)2–102:15 NYR
Steve Shutt (21)Guy Lafleur (26), Pierre Larouche (11)3–103:14 MTL
Pierre Mondou (4)Yvon Lambert (15), Mario Tremblay (23)4–107:49 MTL
Eddie Johnstone (8)Steve Vickers (16), Ed Hospodar (6)4–219:59 NYR
3rd period
Rejean Houle (13)Mark Napier (13), Pierre Mondou (9)5–214:50 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYR
2826
0%0%
0/20/2
44
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:35 into the first period
Steve Vickers · holding2 min - 11:57 into the first period
Brian Engblom · interference2 min - 5:39 into the second periodBarry Beck · hooking2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodBrian Engblom · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Rick WamsleyG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jere GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Dave SilkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Walt TkaczukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 77Phil EspositoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Wayne ThomasG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Doug SoetaertG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |