NHL game summary 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 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
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
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