Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 1983 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3–1 on Thursday, December 15, 1983 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 30–26.
Guy Lafleur scored twice. Bobby Smith and Steve Gatzos also scored.
Richard Sevigny made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Michel Dion stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Lafleur (12)Bob Gainey (13)0–102:08 MTL- Guy Lafleur (13)Bill Root (9)0–211:00 MTL
3rd period
Bobby Smith (19)Steve Shutt (13), Ryan Walter (15)0–309:16 MTL
Steve Gatzos (1)Bryan Maxwell (9), Tom Roulston (9)1–311:05 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
2630
0%0%
0/10/2
917
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:56 into the second period
Steve Shutt · holding2 min - 4:43 into the second period
Marty McSorley · high sticking2 min - 2:54 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 2:54 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
- 2:54 into the third periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 14:19 into the third periodMarty McSorley · holding2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 18Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Steve GatzosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Bryan MaxwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Thomas O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Troy LoneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Doug SheddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rick KehoeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike BullardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Rocky SaganiukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Greg FoxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Greg HothamD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Randy CarlyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Denis HerronG | 6 | 1 | .833 | |
| 29Michel DionG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 10Guy LafleurR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 8Greg PaslawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |