Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Tuesday, January 6, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 6–2 on Tuesday, January 6, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 29–21.
Reed Larson scored twice. Bob Gainey, Rejean Houle, Doug Jarvis, Yvon Lambert, Mario Tremblay and Chris Nilan also scored.
Michel Larocque made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (14)Gaston Gingras (11), Rejean Houle (16)1–007:34 MTL · 
Rejean Houle (14)Pierre Mondou (10), Michel Larocque (1)2–009:20 MTL
Doug Jarvis (10)Chris Nilan (4), Bob Gainey (15)3–010:41 MTL
2nd period
Yvon Lambert (12)Mark Napier (15), Rod Langway (15)4–002:29 MTL
Reed Larson (13)John Ogrodnick (18), Dale McCourt (26)4–108:31 DET- Reed Larson (14)Vaclav Nedomansky (9), Dale McCourt (27)4–218:39 DET ·
3rd period
Mario Tremblay (15)Doug Risebrough (6), Larry Robinson (18)5–200:44 MTL
Chris Nilan (4)Bob Gainey (16), Larry Robinson (19)6–215:42 MTL
Team stats
MTLDET
2921
0%0%
1/11/1
22
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Dennis Polonich · cross checking2 min - 17:11 into the second period
Brian Engblom · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dennis PolonichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Peter MahovlichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Errol ThompsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan LabraatenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |