Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Thursday, October 15, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 7–2 on Thursday, October 15, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 46–23.
Mario Tremblay scored a hat trick and Pierre Mondou scored twice. Tom Rowe, Steve Shutt, Blake Wesley and Mark Napier also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 39 of 46.
Scoring
1st period
Mario Tremblay (3)Doug Wickenheiser (4), Pierre Larouche (4)1–013:19 MTL
Pierre Mondou (1)Brian Engblom (1), Rod Langway (3)2–013:45 MTL
2nd period
Tom Rowe (1)Chris Kotsopoulos (1)2–106:10 HFD · 
Steve Shutt (2)Guy Lafleur (4), Rod Langway (4)3–106:17 MTL · - Mario Tremblay (4)Doug Wickenheiser (5), Pierre Mondou (3)4–116:43 MTL
3rd period
- Mario Tremblay (5)Larry Robinson (2)5–105:54 MTL ·
- Pierre Mondou (2)Larry Robinson (3), Mario Tremblay (2)6–111:12 MTL ·
Blake Wesley (1)Rick Meagher (2)6–215:02 HFD
Mark Napier (2)Rod Langway (5)7–217:24 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
4623
0%0%
3/70/3
1523
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:05 into the first period
Doug Jarvis · tripping2 min - 14:36 into the first periodKeith Acton · hooking2 min
- 17:30 into the first period
Stuart Smith · hooking2 min - 4:45 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · interference2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodNorm Barnes · fighting5 min
- 7:12 into the second periodMark Hunter · fighting5 min
- 7:41 into the second periodGarry Howatt · slashing2 min
- 12:27 into the second periodGarry Howatt · roughing double minor4 min
- 12:27 into the second periodBrian Engblom · roughing2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodJack McIlhargey · tripping2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodRod Langway · cross checking2 min
- 5:06 into the third periodTom Rowe · slashing2 min
- 8:08 into the third periodDon Nachbaur · roughing double minor4 min
- 8:08 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mario TremblayR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Tom RoweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Jordy DouglasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Garry HowattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Norm BarnesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jack McIlhargeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 33Stuart SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 46 | 7 | .848 |
| 35John GarrettG | 0 | 0 | – |