Montréal Canadiens vs Winnipeg Jets
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 1981 · Winnipeg Arena
Game summary
The Winnipeg Jets beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Saturday, March 7, 1981 at Winnipeg Arena. The Jets outshot the Canadiens 41–33.
Rick Bowness scored twice. Guy Lafleur, Tim Trimper, Doug Risebrough and Willy Lindstrom also scored.
Michel Dion made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 37 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (22)Guy Lapointe (9), Steve Shutt (38)1–009:30 MTL · 
Tim Trimper (10)Rick Bowness (13), Barry Long (14)1–114:09 WIN
Doug Risebrough (12)Yvon Lambert (28)2–117:03 MTL
2nd period
Willy Lindstrom (17)Dave Babych (30), Moe Mantha (17)2–213:46 WIN ·
3rd period
Rick Bowness (4)Tim Trimper (14), Dave Babych (31)2–313:00 WIN- Rick Bowness (5)Dave Christian (36), Mark Plantery (3)2–419:44 WIN ·
Team stats
MTLWIN
3341
0%0%
1/11/4
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:24 into the first period
Dave Christian · hooking2 min - 11:41 into the first period
Keith Acton · holding2 min - 12:25 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodDoug Lecuyer · roughing2 min
- 1:12 into the third periodBrian Engblom · hooking2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodDoug Risebrough · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 40 | 3 | .925 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Winnipeg Jets
| 18Rick BownessR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 14Tim TrimperL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Willy LindstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Moe ManthaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 4Barry LongD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Mark PlanteryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Danny GeoffrionR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Murray EavesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Morris LukowichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Ron WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Doug LecuyerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 99Rick DudleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Barry LeggeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Don SpringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michel DionG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |
| 35Markus MattssonG | 0 | 0 | – |