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Friday, January 2, 1981 · Hartford Civic Center

Canadiens 3 at Whalers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 74OVR John Garrett Whalers First Star 34 SV · .919 R 44OVR Chris Nilan Canadiens Second Star 1G · 5 SOG RC D 98OVR Larry Robinson Canadiens Third Star 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 10:20 Keith Acton (11) Yvon Lambert (16) MTL 1 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 10:25 Gaston Gingras (5) PPG Mark Napier (14) MTL 2 – 0 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 0:32 Chris Nilan (3) Larry Robinson (16) MTL 3 – 0 HFD
  2. 18:58 Mike Rogers (25) Pat Boutette (27), Norm Barnes (5) MTL 3 – 1 HFD

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Chris Nilan R 1 0 5 0 1.13
Larry Robinson D 0 1 5 0 1.00
Keith Acton C 1 0 3 +1 0.98
Gaston Gingras D 1 0 2 0 0.90
Mark Napier R 0 1 3 0 0.70
Yvon Lambert L 0 1 0 0 0.48
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Pierre Mondou C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Doug Risebrough C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Bob Gainey L 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Pierre Larouche C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Rod Langway D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Serge Savard D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Doug Jarvis C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Steve Shutt L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Rejean Houle L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Brian Engblom D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque W 15 14 1 .933 47:28 0.65
Rick Wamsley — 7 7 0 1.000 12:32 0.70

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Rogers C 1 0 3 0 0.98
Pat Boutette L 0 1 2 0 0.78
Norm Barnes D 0 1 2 -1 0.63
Jordy Douglas L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Mike Fidler L 0 0 3 0 0.22
Ray Allison R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Keon C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Michel Galarneau C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Al Sims D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Thommy Abrahamsson D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Tom Rowe R 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Jack McIlhargey D 0 0 0 0 0.00
Blaine Stoughton L 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Ray Neufeld R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Don Nachbaur C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Mickey Volcan D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Nick Fotiu L 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Garrett L 37 34 3 .919 59:15 1.15