Vancouver Canucks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 17, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 10–4 on Saturday, October 17, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Canucks 45–39.
Steve Shutt scored twice, Mario Tremblay scored twice and Curt Fraser scored twice. Keith Acton, Pierre Larouche, Blair MacDonald, Guy Lafleur, Doug Jarvis, Doug Wickenheiser, Stan Smyl and Pierre Mondou also scored.
Rick Wamsley made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 35 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Acton (2)Guy Lafleur (5), Steve Shutt (1)0–102:13 MTL
Pierre Larouche (3)Guy Lapointe (2)0–203:26 MTL · 
Steve Shutt (3)Keith Acton (4), Guy Lafleur (6)0–303:51 MTL- Steve Shutt (4)Guy Lafleur (7), Rod Langway (6)0–408:22 MTL
Mario Tremblay (6)Pierre Larouche (5), Brian Engblom (2)0–509:20 MTL
2nd period
Blair MacDonald (5)Ivan Hlinka (5), Ivan Boldirev (2)1–506:37 VAN · 
Guy Lafleur (3)Keith Acton (5), Larry Robinson (4)1–607:57 MTL · 
Doug Jarvis (2)Mark Napier (1), Larry Robinson (5)1–717:38 MTL
Doug Wickenheiser (2)Pierre Larouche (6), Mario Tremblay (3)1–819:43 MTL
3rd period
Curt Fraser (2)Thomas Gradin (2), Rick Lanz (2)2–801:27 VAN · 
Stan Smyl (1)Curt Fraser (4), Thomas Gradin (3)3–805:10 VAN · - Mario Tremblay (7)Doug Wickenheiser (6)3–911:41 MTL
- Curt Fraser (3)Stan Smyl (4), Thomas Gradin (4)4–917:38 VAN
Pierre Mondou (3)Rejean Houle (3), Rod Langway (7)4–1018:01 MTL
Team stats
VANMTL
3945
0%0%
3/42/3
1113
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:55 into the first period
Colin Campbell · tripping2 min - 5:13 into the first period
Chris Nilan · tripping2 min - 14:11 into the first periodKevin McCarthy · tripping2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodGilbert Delorme · tripping2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodJerry Butler · hooking2 min
- 0:10 into the third periodLarry Robinson · interference2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 1:33 into the third periodDave Williams · fighting5 min
- 5:02 into the third periodGilbert Delorme · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 23Thomas GradinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Curt FraserL | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ivan BoldirevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 21Ivan HlinkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 16Per-Olov BrasarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 17Jerry ButlerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Lars MolinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 28Marc CrawfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 5Colin CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 10Anders EldebrinkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 13Lars LindgrenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jiri BublaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | L | 45 | 10 | .778 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Rejean HouleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – |