St. Louis Blues vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 4–3 on Thursday, March 12, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Blues 36–22.
Steve Shutt scored twice and Guy Lafleur scored twice. Gerry Hart, Wayne Babych and Mike Zuke also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Shutt (33)Mark Napier (29), Pierre Mondou (22)0–107:59 MTL- Steve Shutt (34)Mark Napier (30), Guy Lafleur (39)0–216:11 MTL
2nd period
Guy Lafleur (24)Rejean Houle (26), Pierre Larouche (25)0–302:36 MTL- Guy Lafleur (25)Keith Acton (21), Yvon Lambert (29)0–416:12 MTL
3rd period
Gerry Hart (3)Bernie Federko (67), Brian Sutter (29)1–402:55 STL
Wayne Babych (50)Jorgen Pettersson (30), Bill Stewart (21)2–414:15 STL
Mike Zuke (22)Larry Patey (21), Tony Currie (22)3–416:30 STL
Team stats
STLMTL
2236
0%0%
0/30/2
100102
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:45 into the first period
Guy Lapointe · fighting5 min - 12:45 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the first periodDoug Risebrough · misconduct10 min
- 12:45 into the first period
Bryan Maxwell · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:45 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 12:45 into the first periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 12:45 into the first periodBrian Sutter · roughing2 min
- 12:45 into the first periodBrian Sutter · fighting5 min
- 17:25 into the first periodBob Gainey · high sticking2 min
- 17:25 into the first periodMike Crombeen · high sticking2 min
- 18:18 into the first periodRejean Houle · interference2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBob Gainey · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodGuy Lapointe · game misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodSerge Savard · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodMario Tremblay · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodMike Crombeen · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodTony Currie · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodGerry Hart · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodEd Kea · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodEd Kea · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · fighting5 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBryan Maxwell · misconduct10 min
- 10:43 into the second periodMike Zuke · misconduct10 min
- 11:59 into the second periodSteve Shutt · hooking2 min
- 3:17 into the third periodLarry Patey · hooking2 min
- 6:10 into the third periodDoug Jarvis · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 6Larry PateyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Wayne BabychR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 11Brian SutterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Tony CurrieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mike ZukeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Jorgen PetterssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Gerry HartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Bill StewartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Blair ChapmanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Blake DunlopC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Joe MichelettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Jack BrownschidleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Ed KeaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Rick LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |