NHL game summary from January 6, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (14-24-3) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Montreal Canadiens (27-8-5) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 27 (Guy Lapointe, Pierre Larouche), 6:26 - PP |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Guy Lafleur 28 (Yvon Lambert, Brian Engblom), 10:02 - PP |
Penalties:
| 1: | Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Tripping] 5:12 |
| Gilles Lupien, MTL [Fighting] 9:23 | |
| Jack McIlhargey, VAN [Fighting] 9:23 | |
| Pat Hughes, MTL [Roughing] 9:23 | |
| Stan Smyl, VAN [Roughing] 9:23 | |
| 2: | Gilles Lupien, MTL [Interference] 0:47 |
| 3: | Roland Eriksson, VAN [Hooking] 8:59 |
| Doug Jarvis, MTL [Holding] 11:09 | |
| Ken Dryden, MTL [Interference] 17:55 |
Penalty time: VAN: 11 minutes
MTL: 13 minutes
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Lindgren | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roland Eriksson | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Drew Callander | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack McIlhargey | 29 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 30 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 0 | 33 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9- 9- 6-24
MTL: 14- 4-15-33
Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (L, 9-12-2)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 17-4-3)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Gordon Broseker, Bob Hodges
Attendance: 15,902
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