Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 3–1 on Friday, January 2, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 37–22.
Goals came from Keith Acton, Gaston Gingras, Chris Nilan and Mike Rogers.
Michel Larocque made 14 saves on 15 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Acton (11)Yvon Lambert (16)1–010:20 MTL
2nd period
Gaston Gingras (5)Mark Napier (14)2–010:25 MTL ·
3rd period
Chris Nilan (3)Larry Robinson (16)3–000:32 MTL
Mike Rogers (25)Pat Boutette (27), Norm Barnes (5)3–118:58 HFD
Team stats
MTLHFD
3722
0%0%
1/20/4
84
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:56 into the first period
Yvon Lambert · tripping2 min - 3:23 into the second periodMark Napier · holding2 min
- 4:42 into the second period
Tom Rowe · tripping2 min - 9:43 into the second periodNick Fotiu · interference2 min
- 11:31 into the second periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 15:59 into the third periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 15 | 1 | .933 |
| 29Rick WamsleyG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
Hartford Whalers
| 17Mike RogersC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Ray AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ray NeufeldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GalarneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31Mike FidlerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Al SimsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Thommy AbrahamssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike VeisorG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |