Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Wednesday, December 16, 1981 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 44–21.
Goals came from Craig Laughlin, Doug Wickenheiser, Keith Acton, Chris Nilan, Pierre Mondou, Rick Meagher and Mario Tremblay.
Richard Sevigny made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; John Garrett stopped 38 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Laughlin (6)Larry Robinson (22), Mario Tremblay (18)1–002:38 MTL
Doug Wickenheiser (7)Guy Lafleur (27), Keith Acton (24)2–009:40 MTL
2nd period
Keith Acton (17)Brian Engblom (14), Doug Wickenheiser (10)3–011:33 MTL
Chris Nilan (4)Mark Hunter (2), Doug Risebrough (8)4–013:24 MTL
Pierre Mondou (13)Mark Hunter (3), Chris Nilan (3)5–017:22 MTL
3rd period
Rick Meagher (11)Garry Howatt (10), Mark Renaud (3)5–101:37 HFD
Mario Tremblay (15)Pierre Mondou (15)6–102:10 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
4421
0%0%
0/50/4
1012
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Don Nachbaur · interference2 min - 15:11 into the first periodDon Nachbaur · high sticking2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 19:51 into the first period
Chris Nilan · high sticking2 min - 6:10 into the second periodDoug Jarvis · tripping2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodRick Meagher · slashing2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodTom Rowe · roughing2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodDoug Risebrough · roughing2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodLarry Robinson · interference2 min
- 7:06 into the third periodBlake Wesley · hooking2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodRod Langway · tripping2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Denis HerronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Garry HowattL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rick MeagherC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Mark RenaudD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rick MacLeishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 12Tom RoweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave KeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16George LyleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Doug SullimanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Don NachbaurC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Warren MillerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul ShmyrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Blake WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Mickey VolcanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35John GarrettG | L | 44 | 6 | .864 |