NHL game summary from January 6, 1981
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (23-13-4) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
 Detroit Red Wings (10-21-8) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1: | MTL, | Bob Gainey 14 (Gaston Gingras, Rejean Houle), 7:34 - PP |
| MTL, | Rejean Houle 14 (Pierre Mondou, Michel Larocque), 9:20 | |
| MTL, | Doug Jarvis 10 (Chris Nilan, Bob Gainey), 10:41 | |
| 2: | MTL, | Yvon Lambert 12 (Mark Napier, Rod Langway), 2:29 |
| DET, | Reed Larson 13 (John Ogrodnick, Dale McCourt), 8:31 | |
| DET, | Reed Larson 14 (Vaclav Nedomansky, Dale McCourt), 18:39 - PP | |
| 3: | MTL, | Mario Tremblay 14 (Doug Risebrough, Larry Robinson), :44 |
| MTL, | Chris Nilan 4 (Bob Gainey, Larry Robinson), 15:42 |
Penalties:
| 1: | Dennis Polonich, DET [Cross checking] 5:39 | |
| 2: | Brian Engblom, MTL [Tripping] 17:11 | |
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes
DET: 2 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Larocque | 1 | G | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaston Gingras | 2 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Risebrough | 8 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Shutt | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Doug Wickenheiser | 25 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Chris Nilan | 30 | RW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 5 defensemen) | 20 | 29 | ||||||
| DET Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Gilbert | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Barrett | 2 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perry Miller | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean Hamel | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Willie Huber | 7 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| Dennis Polonich | 8 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dale McCourt | 10 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Pete Mahovlich | 11 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Errol Thompson | 12 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Paul Woods | 15 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Foligno | 17 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Vaclav Nedomansky | 20 | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 2 |
| Dan Labraaten | 21 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Hicks | 22 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kirton | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 |
| John Ogrodnick | 25 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Jim Korn | 26 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 |
| Reed Larson | 28 | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | -20 | 21 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 16- 8- 5-29
DET: 5-12- 4-21
Goalies: MTL: Michel Larocque (W, 16-6-1)
DET: Gilles Gilbert (L, 8-14-5)
Referee: Gregg Madill
Linesmen: Ron Asselstine, Paul Flaherty
Attendance: 17,677
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