Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 1981 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Saturday, January 17, 1981 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 38–27.
Mark Napier scored twice, Doug Risebrough scored twice and Pat Hickey scored a hat trick. Bill Derlago, Barry Melrose, Laurie Boschman and Pierre Mondou also scored.
Jiri Crha made 33 saves on 38 shots for the win; Richard Sevigny stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (17)Larry Robinson (22)1–002:32 MTL
Doug Risebrough (5)Mario Tremblay (30), Larry Robinson (23)2–008:36 MTL
Bill Derlago (16)Robert Picard (10), John Anderson (11)2–112:46 TOR · 
Pat Hickey (11)Rick Vaive (17), Borje Salming (37)2–214:30 TOR
Barry Melrose (3)Wilf Paiement (24), Terry Martin (7)2–318:55 TOR
2nd period
- Pat Hickey (12)Bill Derlago (23), Wilf Paiement (25)2–407:35 TOR ·
Laurie Boschman (13)John Anderson (12), Rocky Saganiuk (12)2–509:21 TOR- Pat Hickey (13)Rick Vaive (18), Bill Derlago (24)2–610:14 TOR
- Doug Risebrough (6)Rejean Houle (17), Mario Tremblay (31)3–617:31 MTL
3rd period
Pierre Mondou (7)Rejean Houle (18), Bob Gainey (18)4–603:15 MTL- Mark Napier (18)Steve Shutt (27), Pierre Larouche (14)5–614:26 MTL
Team stats
MTLTOR
3827
0%0%
0/52/4
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Chris Nilan · fighting5 min - 4:18 into the first period
Dan Maloney · roughing2 min - 4:18 into the first periodDan Maloney · fighting5 min
- 10:53 into the first periodRod Langway · interference2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodSerge Savard · high sticking2 min
- 0:46 into the second periodIan Turnbull · hooking2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodGaston Gingras · tripping2 min
- 10:33 into the second periodDan Maloney · tripping2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJohn Anderson · holding2 min
- 5:26 into the third periodDave Farrish · slashing2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodRod Langway · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 16Pat HickeyL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Laurie BoschmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28William McCrearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Dave ShandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | W | 38 | 5 | .868 |