NHL game summary from January 2, 1971
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 California Golden Seals (11-23-2) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
 Montreal Canadiens (17-11-8) |
0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 1: | CAL, | Dennis Hextall 11 (Norm Ferguson, Wayne Muloin), 3:14 |
| CAL, | Don O'Donoghue 3 (Gerry Ehman), 4:56 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Jean Beliveau 8 (John Ferguson, Serge Savard), 7:35 |
| MTL, | Pete Mahovlich 15 (Jacques Lemaire, J.C. Tremblay), 8:53 - PP | |
| MTL, | Claude Larose 9 (Bill Collins, Marc Tardif), 10:14 | |
| MTL, | Jacques Lemaire 11 (Mickey Redmond, Guy Lapointe), 12:49 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Guy Lapointe 10 (Claude Larose, Marc Tardif), 4:05 |
| CAL, | Ted Hampson 8 (Bill Hicke, Carol Vadnais), 6:09 |
Penalties:
| 1: | John Ferguson, MTL [Elbowing] 0:26 |
| Serge Savard, MTL [Holding] 12:14 | |
| Mickey Redmond, MTL [Elbowing] 15:10 | |
| 2: | Ted Hampson, CAL [Tripping] 8:00 |
| Claude Larose, MTL [Hi-sticking] 15:17 | |
| 3: | Serge Savard, MTL [Tripping] 10:56 |
Penalty time: CAL: 2 minutes
MTL: 10 minutes
| CAL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Smith | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Roberts | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Wayne Muloin | 4 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Carol Vadnais | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gerry Ehman | 8 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Bill Hicke | 9 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ted Hampson | 10 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Don O'Donoghue | 11 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| Gary Jarrett | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Norm Ferguson | 17 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gary Croteau | 18 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Ernie Hicke | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| Ron Stackhouse | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Hextall | 22 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (9 forwards, 4 defensemen) | -5 | 35 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Tremblay | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jean Beliveau | 4 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ralph Backstrom | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bill Collins | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Marc Tardif | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yvan Cournoyer | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 14 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Claude Larose | 15 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Henri Richard | 16 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Terry Harper | 19 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 20 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Leon Rochefort | 21 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Ferguson | 22 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mickey Redmond | 24 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacques Lemaire | 25 | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Bouchard | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Phil Myre | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (13 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 31 | ||||||
| TOTAL (13 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 5 | 31 | ||||||
Shots: CAL: 16-12- 7-35
MTL: 8-14- 9-31
Goalies: CAL: Gary Smith (L, 11-21-2)
MTL: Phil Myre (W, 9-6-3)
Referee: Bryan Lewis
Linesmen: Claude Bechard, Ron Ego
Attendance: 16,847
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