Montréal Canadiens vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1981 · Boston Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4–2 on Sunday, April 5, 1981 at Boston Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canadiens 25–24.
Mark Napier scored twice. Keith Crowder, Rod Langway, Rick Middleton and Keith Acton also scored.
Denis Herron made 9 saves on 10 shots for the win; Marco Baron stopped 13 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Napier (34)Pierre Mondou (23), Robert Picard (21)1–005:02 MTL · 
Keith Crowder (13)Steve Kasper (35), Ray Bourque (29)1–118:29 BOS
2nd period
Rod Langway (11)Pierre Mondou (24), Mario Tremblay (37)2–105:19 MTL
3rd period
Rick Middleton (44)Dwight Foster (28), Stan Jonathan (24)2–201:44 BOS
Keith Acton (15)Yvon Lambert (32), Mario Tremblay (38)3–207:52 MTL- Mark Napier (35)Brian Engblom (25)4–217:01 MTL
Team stats
MTLBOS
2425
0%0%
1/10/2
2826
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:20 into the first period
Stan Jonathan · fighting5 min - 3:20 into the first period
Chris Nilan · fighting5 min - 4:43 into the first periodKeith Crowder · tripping2 min
- 13:27 into the first periodPierre Mondou · holding2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · high sticking2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · fighting5 min
- 18:40 into the first periodStan Jonathan · misconduct10 min
- 18:40 into the first periodChris Nilan · high sticking2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodChris Nilan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:40 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 18:40 into the first periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 10:10 into the third periodRobert Picard · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Yvon LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Serge SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | W | 10 | 1 | .900 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 15 | 1 | .933 |
Boston Bruins
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 17Stan JonathanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Dwight FosterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Peter McNabC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Jean RatelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Wayne CashmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike GillisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Bobby LalondeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Don MarcotteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Terry O'ReillyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Dick RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rogie VachonG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 31Marco BaronG | L | 16 | 3 | .813 |