Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 on Saturday, February 28, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 35–20.
Goals came from Bill Derlago, Doug Jarvis, Ian Turnbull, Rod Langway, Pat Hickey, Brian Engblom, Mario Tremblay and Mark Napier.
Richard Sevigny made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Jiri Crha stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Bill Derlago (28)John Anderson (21), Robert Picard (19)1–001:41 TOR
Doug Jarvis (13)Chris Nilan (6)1–105:07 MTL
Ian Turnbull (17)Pat Hickey (30), John Anderson (22)2–116:40 TOR
Rod Langway (9)Pierre Larouche (23), Mark Napier (26)2–218:30 MTL · 
Pat Hickey (16)Borje Salming (51), John Anderson (23)3–219:59 TOR
2nd period
Brian Engblom (2)Pierre Mondou (18)3–308:09 MTL
Mario Tremblay (23)Doug Risebrough (14)3–410:44 MTL
3rd period
Mark Napier (28)Larry Robinson (33), Pierre Mondou (19)3–503:25 MTL ·
Team stats
TORMTL
2035
0%0%
0/42/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:58 into the first period
Chris Nilan · roughing2 min - 9:58 into the first period
Robert Picard · roughing2 min - 14:00 into the first periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 5:50 into the second periodRod Langway · slashing2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodBorje Salming · holding2 min
- 15:38 into the second periodPat Hickey · tripping2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodRejean Houle · high sticking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodBorje Salming · roughing2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodPierre Mondou · tripping2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat HickeyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Ian TurnbullD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Dan MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bruce BoudreauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Ron SedlbauerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike KaszyckiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Terry MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Darryl SittlerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 99Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Vitezslav DurisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Barry MelroseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jim RutherfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jiri CrhaG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |