Chicago Blackhawks vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1981 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6–3 on Wednesday, December 30, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Blackhawks 35–28.
Goals came from Pierre Mondou, Guy Lafleur, Dave Hutchison, Keith Acton, Doug Crossman, Peter Marsh, Mark Hunter, Mark Napier and Steve Shutt.
Richard Sevigny made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Mondou (17)Craig Laughlin (6), Larry Robinson (27)0–107:06 MTL
Guy Lafleur (17)Keith Acton (28), Craig Laughlin (7)0–212:00 MTL
2nd period
Dave Hutchison (1)Unassisted1–203:16 CHI
Keith Acton (21)Steve Shutt (16), Guy Lafleur (31)1–304:03 MTL
Doug Crossman (5)Denis Savard (41), Tim Higgins (21)2–311:29 CHI · 
Peter Marsh (4)Steve Ludzik (1), Rich Preston (15)3–312:41 CHI
Mark Hunter (10)Keith Acton (29), Rod Langway (17)3–417:45 MTL
Mark Napier (16)Doug Jarvis (12), Bob Gainey (12)3–519:13 MTL
3rd period
Steve Shutt (16)Guy Lafleur (32), Keith Acton (30)3–613:52 MTL
Team stats
CHIMTL
2835
0%0%
1/50/4
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:23 into the first period
Steve Shutt · hooking2 min - 9:48 into the first period
Peter Marsh · interference2 min - 14:20 into the first periodTim Higgins · holding2 min
- 16:37 into the first periodKeith Acton · tripping2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodGreg Fox · hooking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodTed Bulley · fighting5 min
- 10:55 into the second periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 13:53 into the second periodDenis Savard · holding2 min
- 11:00 into the third periodLarry Robinson · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodRobert Picard · holding2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 15Tim HigginsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Rich PrestonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Peter MarshR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 31Steve LudzikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Dave HutchisonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Reg KerrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Bill GardnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Grant MulveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Rick PatersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 29Ted BulleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Jerome DupontD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Miles ZaharkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Murray BannermanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Keith ActonC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 26Craig LaughlinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Doug JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31Mark NapierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rod LangwayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Doug RisebroughC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 5Guy LapointeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |