Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 3, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Saturday, January 3, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 36–19.
Goals came from Pierre Mondou, Darryl Sutter and Pierre Larouche.
Michel Larocque made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 34 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (5)Doug Risebrough (5)0–115:58 MTL ·
2nd period
Darryl Sutter (16)Tom Lysiak (27), Peter Marsh (10)1–103:34 CHI
3rd period
Pierre Larouche (8)Larry Robinson (17)1–203:32 MTL
Team stats
CHIMTL
1936
0%0%
0/41/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:27 into the first period
Peter Marsh · hooking2 min - 10:52 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:02 into the first periodDave Hutchison · tripping2 min
- 17:43 into the first periodPeter Marsh · high sticking2 min
- 17:43 into the first period
Doug Risebrough · high sticking2 min - 17:43 into the first periodSerge Savard · holding2 min
- 8:43 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
- 15:02 into the second periodSerge Savard · tripping2 min
- 14:41 into the third periodMario Tremblay · tripping2 min
- 18:46 into the third periodDoug Wilson · hooking2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 12Tom LysiakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Darryl SutterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Glen SharpleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob MurrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 36 | 2 | .944 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 19 | 1 | .947 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |