Montréal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1981 · The Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, January 31, 1981 at The Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Kings 47–25.
Dave Taylor scored twice. Marcel Dionne, Doug Risebrough and Mark Hardy also scored.
Mario Lessard made 46 saves on 47 shots for the win; Michel Larocque stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Taylor (29)Charlie Simmer (41)0–109:11 LAK
2nd period
Marcel Dionne (43)Mike Murphy (13)0–211:34 LAK · - Dave Taylor (30)Marcel Dionne (52), Charlie Simmer (42)0–319:56 LAK
3rd period
Doug Risebrough (8)Rejean Houle (19)1–300:18 MTL
Mark Hardy (3)Charlie Simmer (43), Marcel Dionne (53)1–411:18 LAK ·
Team stats
MTLLAK
4725
0%0%
0/31/2
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:34 into the first period
Rod Langway · hooking2 min - 12:17 into the first period
Doug Halward · holding2 min - 16:03 into the first periodDean Hopkins · high sticking2 min
- 16:03 into the first periodRod Langway · roughing2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodDan Bonar · interference2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodDean Hopkins · tripping2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodRod Langway · interference2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Michel LarocqueG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Mike MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Dan BonarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 9Billy HarrisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean HopkinsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve JensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 77Garry UngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Doug HalwardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Jerry KorabD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 5Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Rob PalmerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mario LessardG | W | 47 | 1 | .979 |
| 32Paul PageauG | 0 | 0 | – |