All NHL game summaries from January 8, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Minnesota North Stars (14-20-4) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Montreal Canadiens (28-8-5) |
1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1: | MTL, | Guy Lapointe 10, 2:31 - PP |
| 2: | no scoring | |
| 3: | MTL, | Mario Tremblay 13 (Rejean Houle, Serge Savard), 18:03 |
| MIN, | Mike Polich 4 (Tim Young), 1:12 | |
| MTL, | Guy Lafleur 29 (Serge Savard, Ken Dryden), 19:24 - EN | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jean Potvin, MIN [Tripping] 1:04 | |
| Cam Connor, MTL [Interference] 11:56 | ||
| Bench penalty, MIN [Too many men on the ice] 18:14 | ||
| Gary Sargent, MIN [Roughing] 18:54 | ||
| Guy Lapointe, MTL [Roughing] 18:54 | ||
| 2: | none | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MIN: 6 minutes
MTL: 4 minutes
| MIN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Butters | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Jean Potvin | 4 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Maxwell | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Sharpley | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kent-Erik Andersson | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Zanussi | 9 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| J.P. Parise | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Per-Olov Brasar | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bobby Smith | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Mike Polich | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tim Young | 17 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Gary Sargent | 22 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Kris Manery | 24 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Al MacAdam | 25 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 |
| Steve Payne | 26 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Tom Younghans | 29 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Edwards | 35 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 18 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | -6 | 18 | ||||||
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cam Connor | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Rick Chartraw | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 30 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 23 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 5 | 23 | ||||||
Shots: MIN: 3- 5-10-18
MTL: 9- 7- 7-23
Goalies: MIN: Gary Edwards (L, 3-6-2)
MTL: Ken Dryden (W, 18-4-3)
Referee: John McCauley
Linesmen: Gerard Gauthier, Don Koharski
Attendance: 15,907
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Vancouver Canucks (15-24-3) |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Toronto Maple Leafs (17-19-6) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1: | no scoring | |
| 2: | VAN, | Don Lever 14 (Harold Snepsts, Lars Lindgren), :53 - PP |
| VAN, | Bob Manno 1 (Harold Snepsts), 11:40 | |
| VAN, | Stan Smyl 5 (Thomas Gradin, Curt Fraser), 19:28 | |
| 3: | VAN, | Don Lever 15 (Ron Sedlbauer, Bob Manno), 5:47 |
| TOR, | Jimmy Jones 8 (Pat Boutette, John Anderson), 10:54 | |
| VAN, | Ron Sedlbauer 27 (Larry Goodenough, Dennis Kearns), 17:41 - PP | |
Penalties:
| 1: | Jerry Butler, TOR [Elbowing, Fighting] 1:22 |
| Stan Smyl, VAN [Fighting] 1:22 | |
| Curt Fraser, VAN [Fighting] 1:22 | |
| Pat Boutette, TOR [Fighting] 1:22 | |
| Paul Harrison, TOR [Cross checking] 1:59 | |
| Borje Salming, TOR [Slashing] 3:17 | |
| Harold Snepsts, VAN [Slashing] 3:17 | |
| Dennis Kearns, VAN [Tripping] 16:23 | |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Elbowing] 19:03 | |
| 2: | Dave "Tiger" Williams, TOR [Hi-sticking] 9:20 |
| Bob Manno, VAN [Roughing] 9:20 | |
| Dave Hutchison, TOR [Elbowing] 12:02 | |
| 3: | Lars Lindgren, VAN [Holding] 7:43 |
| Thomas Gradin, VAN [Holding] 11:14 | |
| Dan Maloney, TOR [Hooking] 13:43 | |
| Pat Boutette, TOR [Cross checking, Roughing, Misconduct] 17:21 | |
| Borje Salming, TOR [Slashing] 17:21 | |
| Curt Fraser, VAN [Slashing] 17:21 |
Penalty time: VAN: 22 minutes
TOR: 40 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Roland Eriksson | 19 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Drew Callander | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Goodenough | 28 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 35 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 10 | 35 | ||||||
| TOR Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Turnbull | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Joel Quenneville | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ron Ellis | 6 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lanny McDonald | 7 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dan Maloney | 9 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| John Anderson | 10 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt McKechnie | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| Lorne Stamler | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Wilson | 14 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pat Boutette | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | -1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Jones | 16 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jerry Butler | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -1 | 2 |
| Garry Monahan | 20 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Borje Salming | 21 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| Dave "Tiger" Williams | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Hutchison | 23 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| Dave Burrows | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Harrison | 30 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 26 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -10 | 26 | ||||||
Shots: VAN: 9-13-13-35
TOR: 4-15- 7-26
Goalies: VAN: Glen Hanlon (W, 10-12-2)
TOR: Paul Harrison (L, 6-7-1)
Referee: Andy van Hellemond
Linesmen: Leon Stickle, Jim Christison
Attendance: 16,485
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