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Tuesday, January 6, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena

Canadiens 6 at Red Wings 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 66OVR Bob Gainey Canadiens First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG D 98OVR Larry Robinson Canadiens Second Star 2A · 1 SOG L 81OVR Rejean Houle Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 7:34 Bob Gainey (14) PPG Gaston Gingras (11), Rejean Houle (16) MTL 1 – 0 DET
  2. 9:20 Rejean Houle (14) Pierre Mondou (10), Michel Larocque (1) MTL 2 – 0 DET
  3. 10:41 Doug Jarvis (10) Chris Nilan (4), Bob Gainey (15) MTL 3 – 0 DET

2nd Period

  1. 2:29 Yvon Lambert (12) Mark Napier (15), Rod Langway (15) MTL 4 – 0 DET
  2. 8:31 Reed Larson (13) John Ogrodnick (18), Dale McCourt (26) MTL 4 – 1 DET
  3. 18:39 Reed Larson (14) PPG Vaclav Nedomansky (9), Dale McCourt (27) MTL 4 – 2 DET

3rd Period

  1. 0:44 Mario Tremblay (15) Doug Risebrough (6), Larry Robinson (18) MTL 5 – 2 DET
  2. 15:42 Chris Nilan (4) Bob Gainey (16), Larry Robinson (19) MTL 6 – 2 DET

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bob Gainey L 1 2 1 0 0 +1 0:00 2.23
Larry Robinson D 0 2 1 0 0 +5 0:00 2.08
Rejean Houle L 1 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.75
Chris Nilan R 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Yvon Lambert L 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Mario Tremblay R 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Rod Langway D 0 1 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.00
Doug Jarvis C 1 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.98
Pierre Mondou C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Doug Risebrough C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Mark Napier R 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Gaston Gingras D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.70
Pierre Larouche C 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.38
Serge Savard D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.38
Doug Wickenheiser C 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Steve Shutt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brian Engblom D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michel Larocque W 21 19 2 .905 60:00 0.40

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dale McCourt C 0 2 4 0 0 0 0:00 1.55
Reed Larson D 2 0 4 0 0 -2 0:00 1.50
John Ogrodnick L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.63
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 1 2 0 0 -3 0:00 0.33
Paul Woods C 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mike Foligno R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Dan Labraaten L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Glenn Hicks L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
John Barrett D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Perry Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dennis Polonich C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Peter Mahovlich C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jean Hamel D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jim Korn D 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Errol Thompson L 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.30
Willie Huber D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Mark Kirton C 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Gilles Gilbert L 29 23 6 .793 60:00 -2.20