Montréal Canadiens vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Thursday, December 3, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Thursday, December 3, 1981 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Canadiens 41–23.
Goals came from Doug Jarvis, Mark Kirton, Mark Napier, Pierre Larouche, Willie Huber, Mark Osborne and Don Murdoch.
Bob Sauve made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Denis Herron stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Jarvis (10)Mark Napier (11)1–000:42 MTL
Mark Kirton (8)Mike Blaisdell (12), Jim Schoenfeld (3)1–108:17 DET
2nd period
Mark Napier (12)Pierre Larouche (11), Guy Lapointe (10)2–106:47 MTL · 
Pierre Larouche (8)Robert Picard (2), Mark Napier (12)3–115:26 MTL ·
3rd period
Willie Huber (7)Derek Smith (2), Danny Gare (15)3–204:18 DET
Mark Osborne (9)Don Murdoch (11), Mark Kirton (12)3–306:19 DET
Don Murdoch (5)Walt McKechnie (15)3–418:11 DET
Team stats
MTLDET
2341
0%0%
2/30/2
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Pierre Mondou · holding2 min - 5:34 into the first periodDoug Wickenheiser · hooking2 min
- 9:41 into the first period
Jim Korn · roughing2 min - 6:11 into the second periodWalt McKechnie · holding2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodWillie Huber · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
| 33Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 14Don MurdochR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Mark KirtonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Walt McKechnieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Danny GareR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Mike BlaisdellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Derek SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 2Jim SchoenfeldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Willie HuberD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Eric VailL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Vaclav NedomanskyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25John OgrodnickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Brad SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3John BarrettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Jim KornD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Corrado MicalefG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Bob SauveG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |