Montréal Canadiens vs Colorado Rockies
Regular season · Tuesday, February 3, 1981 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Rockies 5–2 on Tuesday, February 3, 1981 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Rockies 30–26.
Doug Risebrough scored twice. Mark Napier, Mike Gillis, Mario Tremblay, Paul Gagne and Pierre Mondou also scored.
Denis Herron made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Hardy Astrom stopped 25 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (20)Steve Shutt (31), Serge Savard (7)1–015:57 MTL
Mike Gillis (10)Bob Attwell (3), Mike McEwen (27)1–117:05 CLR
Mario Tremblay (22)Keith Acton (14), Gaston Gingras (12)2–117:53 MTL
2nd period
Paul Gagne (15)Mike McEwen (28), Lanny McDonald (28)2–205:58 CLR
3rd period
Pierre Mondou (10)Gaston Gingras (13), Larry Robinson (26)3–208:39 MTL · 
Doug Risebrough (9)Unassisted4–210:01 MTL- Doug Risebrough (10)Unassisted5–219:05 MTL
Team stats
MTLCLR
3026
0%0%
1/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:03 into the first period
Rod Langway · interference2 min - 18:30 into the first period
Mike Kitchen · roughing2 min - 18:30 into the first periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 0:44 into the second periodWalt McKechnie · tripping2 min
- 10:16 into the second periodRob Ramage · holding2 min
- 12:13 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · holding2 min
- 12:36 into the second periodRod Langway · hooking2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodRod Langway · holding2 min
- 7:51 into the third periodYvon Vautour · hooking2 min
- 15:56 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Rockies
| 4Mike McEwenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Lanny McDonaldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Paul GagneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike GillisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob AttwellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Randy PierceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ed CooperL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Merlin MalinowskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 19Yvon VautourR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Barry SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Ron DelormeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Rob RamageD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Trevor JohansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike KitchenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hardy AstromG | L | 30 | 5 | .833 |
| 31Al SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |