Detroit Red Wings vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Detroit Red Wings 4–1 on Saturday, February 21, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Red Wings 43–32.
Guy Lafleur scored twice. Vaclav Nedomansky, Steve Shutt and Rejean Houle also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Gilles Gilbert stopped 39 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (17)Larry Robinson (30), Pierre Mondou (15)0–108:55 MTL · 
Vaclav Nedomansky (9)John Ogrodnick (29)1–116:03 DET ·
2nd period
- Guy Lafleur (18)Gaston Gingras (15)1–211:20 MTL
Steve Shutt (30)Mark Napier (25), Brian Engblom (19)1–312:28 MTL
3rd period
Rejean Houle (23)Mario Tremblay (34), Doug Jarvis (16)1–419:57 MTL
Team stats
DETMTL
3243
0%0%
1/31/4
1513
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:01 into the first period
Mike Foligno · charging2 min - 6:01 into the first periodMike Foligno · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the first period
Chris Nilan · roughing2 min - 6:01 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the first periodPerry Miller · interference2 min
- 8:29 into the first periodJean Hamel · holding2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 15:59 into the second periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 18:38 into the second periodBrian Engblom · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodRejean Houle · hooking2 min
- 14:43 into the third periodDale McCourt · hooking2 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 10Dale McCourtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Paul WoodsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Gary McAdamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Earl IngarfieldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Glenn HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark KirtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Perry MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Gilles GilbertG | L | 43 | 4 | .907 |
| 31Larry LozinskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |