Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, January 8, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 on Thursday, January 8, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 50–27.
Goals came from Yvon Lambert, Mario Faubert, Mario Tremblay, Gary Rissling, Bob Gainey and Rejean Houle.
Richard Sevigny made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 46 of 49.
Scoring
1st period
Yvon Lambert (13)Doug Risebrough (7), Rod Langway (16)0–113:34 MTL
Mario Faubert (3)Peter Lee (14), Jim Hamilton (6)1–115:59 PIT
2nd period
Mario Tremblay (16)Doug Risebrough (8), Yvon Lambert (17)1–210:31 MTL
Gary Rissling (1)Mark Johnson (12)2–210:59 PIT
3rd period
Bob Gainey (15)Unassisted2–304:35 MTL
Rejean Houle (15)Bob Gainey (17), Brian Engblom (10)2–419:54 MTL ·
Team stats
PITMTL
2750
0%0%
0/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:51 into the first period
Brian Engblom · holding2 min - 10:58 into the first periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 11:31 into the first period
Greg Malone · holding2 min - 18:25 into the first periodPat Hughes · tripping2 min
- 3:24 into the second periodRejean Houle · tripping2 min
- 8:04 into the second periodGilles Lupien · cross checking2 min
- 6:48 into the third periodGeorge Ferguson · hooking2 min
- 7:54 into the third periodRichard Sevigny · interference2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the third periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Jim HamiltonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Mario FaubertD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Ross LonsberryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Pat HughesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Orest KindrachukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Rod SchuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gilles LupienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Dave BurrowsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | L | 49 | 3 | .939 |
| 31Nick RicciG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |