Montréal Canadiens vs Minnesota North Stars
Regular season · Monday, January 19, 1981 · Metropolitan Sports Center
Game summary
The Minnesota North Stars beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Monday, January 19, 1981 at Metropolitan Sports Center. The North Stars outshot the Canadiens 38–35.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Steve Christoff, Steve Payne, Tim Young, Bobby Smith, Keith Acton, Curt Giles and Mike Polich also scored.
Gilles Meloche made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (13)Steve Shutt (28), Mark Napier (18)1–005:10 MTL · 
Steve Christoff (10)Unassisted1–106:59 MNS
2nd period
Steve Payne (18)Unassisted1–206:06 MNS
Tim Young (15)Gordie Roberts (20), Al MacAdam (29)1–311:03 MNS · 
Bobby Smith (21)Al MacAdam (30), Craig Hartsburg (16)1–411:52 MNS · 
Keith Acton (12)Rod Langway (20)2–415:10 MTL
3rd period
- Pierre Larouche (14)Bob Gainey (19), Rod Langway (21)3–402:48 MTL ·
Curt Giles (4)Tim Young (25)3–510:14 MNS
Mike Polich (2)Tom Younghans (3)3–619:50 MNS ·
Team stats
MTLMNS
3538
0%0%
2/52/5
2219
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:19 into the first period
Bobby Smith · interference2 min - 8:57 into the first period
Keith Acton · holding2 min - 11:21 into the first periodBobby Smith · boarding2 min
- 11:21 into the first periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 3:26 into the second periodGreg Smith · hooking2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodGreg Smith · fighting5 min
- 8:14 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 8:45 into the second periodKent-Erik Andersson · slashing2 min
- 8:45 into the second periodSteve Shutt · slashing5 min
- 16:13 into the second periodRon Zanussi · holding2 min
- 1:31 into the third periodCraig Hartsburg · cross checking2 min
- 3:57 into the third periodLarry Robinson · hooking2 min
- 14:23 into the third periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodSteve Payne · holding2 min
- 18:49 into the third periodPierre Larouche · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Bill BakerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Minnesota North Stars
| 17Tim YoungC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 25Al MacAdamR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Mike PolichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Steve PayneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Steve ChristoffC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Tom YounghansR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Curt GilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Gordie RobertsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Kent-Erik AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Ron ZanussiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Tom McCarthyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Fred BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 33Don BeaupreG | 0 | 0 | – |