Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, November 21, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 9–5 on Saturday, November 21, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Penguins outshot the Canadiens 35–31.
Steve Shutt scored twice and Keith Acton scored a hat trick. Pierre Mondou, Bob Gainey, Doug Wickenheiser, Mike Bullard, Rick Kehoe, Pat Price, Guy Lafleur, Gregg Sheppard and Peter Lee also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 30 saves on 35 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 17 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (6)Rod Langway (13)0–101:21 MTL · 
Steve Shutt (14)Keith Acton (16), Guy Lafleur (17)0–210:04 MTL
Keith Acton (10)Guy Lafleur (18), Larry Robinson (15)0–313:46 MTL
Bob Gainey (4)Doug Jarvis (5), Larry Robinson (16)0–419:53 MTL
2nd period
- Keith Acton (11)Guy Lafleur (19), Guy Lapointe (7)0–500:23 MTL ·
Doug Wickenheiser (4)Guy Lapointe (8)0–600:55 MTL
Mike Bullard (9)Greg Malone (11), George Ferguson (11)1–605:55 PIT- Steve Shutt (15)Keith Acton (17), Guy Lafleur (20)1–713:04 MTL ·
3rd period
Rick Kehoe (9)Randy Carlyle (22)2–702:29 PIT · 
Pat Price (3)Paul Baxter (10), Mike Bullard (4)3–708:48 PIT
Guy Lafleur (11)Keith Acton (18)3–809:00 MTL
Gregg Sheppard (3)Ron Stackhouse (4), George Ferguson (12)4–814:37 PIT
Peter Lee (7)Randy Carlyle (23)5–817:04 PIT- Keith Acton (12)Brian Engblom (10)5–917:18 MTL
Team stats
PITMTL
3531
0%0%
1/72/3
1022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:16 into the first period
Larry Robinson · holding2 min - 3:18 into the first periodGilbert Delorme · interference2 min
- 6:53 into the first period
Ron Stackhouse · hooking2 min - 19:53 into the first periodPat Boutette · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · high sticking2 min
- 8:25 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · hooking2 min
- 11:11 into the second periodRon Stackhouse · hooking2 min
- 19:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing double minor4 min
- 19:29 into the second periodChris Nilan · attempt to injure10 min
- 19:29 into the second periodPaul Baxter · roughing2 min
- 5:50 into the third periodRandy Carlyle · interference2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 11George FergusonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Peter LeeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Greg MaloneC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Gregg SheppardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Pat PriceD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 3Ron StackhouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Paul BaxterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Paul GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Gary RisslingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 7Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Paul HarrisonG | 6 | 1 | .833 | |
| 29Michel DionG | L | 25 | 8 | .680 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Keith ActonC | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 4 | 5 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 35 | 5 | .857 |