USA vs Canada
· Friday, September 11, 1981 · Montreal Forum
USAAway
1–4
Final17–23
CanadaHome
Game summary
The Canada beat the USA 4–1 on Friday, September 11, 1981 at Montreal Forum. The Canada outshot the USA 23–17.
Mike Bossy scored twice. Brian Engblom, Mike Eaves and Marcel Dionne also scored.
Mike Liut made 0 saves on 17 shots for the win; Tony Esposito stopped 0 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 |
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brian Engblom (1)Bob Gainey (3), Butch Goring (2)0–102:01 CAN
Mike Bossy (7)Larry Robinson (1), Bryan Trottier (6)0–207:27 CAN- Mike Bossy (8)Denis Potvin (5), Bryan Trottier (7)0–317:54 CAN
2nd period
Mike Eaves (3)Mark Johnson (3), Richie Dunn (3)1–319:34 USA ·
3rd period
Marcel Dionne (4)Wayne Gretzky (7), Guy Lafleur (9)1–412:18 CAN
Team stats
USACAN
1723
0%0%
1/60/3
814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:00 into the first periodDenis Potvin · minor2 min
- 13:53 into the first periodKen Linseman · minor2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodRon Duguay · minor2 min
- 7:04 into the second periodRichie Dunn · minor2 min
- 7:52 into the second periodWayne Gretzky · minor2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodWarren Miller · minor2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodMike Bossy · minor2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodDave Langevin · minor2 min
- 7:22 into the third periodRay Bourque · minor2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodRichie Dunn · minor2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodDenis Potvin · minor2 min
USA
| 9Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike EavesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Richie DunnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 13Dave ChristianC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rob McClanahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom GorenceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Warren MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Mark HoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Rod LangwayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Dave LangevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Reed LarsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve BakerG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 35Tony EspositoG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |
Canada
| 20Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike BossyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Butch GoringC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 2Brian EngblomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Clark GilliesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rick MiddletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Danny GareC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 17 | 1 | .941 |
| 35Don EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | .000 |