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Wednesday, October 17, 1979 · Chicago Stadium

Canadiens 2 at Blackhawks 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 85OVR Rich Preston Blackhawks First Star 2G · 3 SOG R 99OVR Guy Lafleur Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG G 72OVR Michel Larocque Canadiens Third Star 36 SV · .923

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:23 Rich Preston (2) Unassisted MTL 0 – 1 CHI
  2. 19:18 Mark Napier (1) PPG Rejean Houle (4), Guy Lafleur (1) MTL 1 – 1 CHI

2nd Period

  1. 18:03 John Marks (3) Terry Ruskowski (3), Grant Mulvey (1) MTL 1 – 2 CHI

3rd Period

  1. 11:54 Rich Preston (3) Tom Lysiak (4) MTL 1 – 3 CHI
  2. 12:22 Guy Lafleur (2) Pierre Mondou (1), Steve Shutt (2) MTL 2 – 3 CHI

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Guy Lafleur R 1 1 5 +1 1.90
Steve Shutt L 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Mark Napier R 1 0 3 -1 0.83
Pierre Mondou C 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Rejean Houle L 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Serge Savard D 0 0 3 +1 0.38
Brian Engblom D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Bob Gainey L 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Rick Meagher C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Guy Lapointe D 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Rod Langway D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Gilles Lupien D 0 0 0 0 -0.15
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Yvon Lambert L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Larry Robinson D 0 0 2 -3 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque L 39 36 3 .923 58:42 1.35

Chicago Blackhawks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Rich Preston R 2 0 3 +2 2.03
Tom Lysiak C 0 1 3 +2 1.15
Grant Mulvey R 0 1 5 +1 1.15
John Marks R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Terry Ruskowski C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Ted Bulley L 0 0 2 +2 0.45
Doug Lecuyer L 0 0 5 0 0.23
Bob Murray D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Mike O'connell D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
David Logan D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Greg Fox D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Doug Wilson D 0 0 4 0 0.15
Stan Mikita C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Reg Kerr C 0 0 0 0 0.00
J.P. Bordeleau R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Keith Brown D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Cliff Koroll R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Tony Esposito W 30 28 2 .933 60:00 1.30