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Thursday, December 3, 1981 · Joe Louis Arena

Canadiens 3 at Red Wings 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 95OVR Mark Napier Canadiens First Star 1G · 2A · 3 SOG R 58OVR Don Murdoch Red Wings Second Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG C 62OVR Mark Kirton Red Wings Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:42 Doug Jarvis (10) Mark Napier (11) MTL 1 – 0 DET
  2. 8:17 Mark Kirton (8) Mike Blaisdell (12), Jim Schoenfeld (3) MTL 1 – 1 DET

2nd Period

  1. 6:47 Mark Napier (12) PPG Pierre Larouche (11), Guy Lapointe (10) MTL 2 – 1 DET
  2. 15:26 Pierre Larouche (8) PPG Robert Picard (2), Mark Napier (12) MTL 3 – 1 DET

3rd Period

  1. 4:18 Willie Huber (7) Derek Smith (2), Danny Gare (15) MTL 3 – 2 DET
  2. 6:19 Mark Osborne (9) Don Murdoch (11), Mark Kirton (12) MTL 3 – 3 DET
  3. 18:11 Don Murdoch (5) Walt McKechnie (15) MTL 3 – 4 DET

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Napier R 1 2 3 0 0 0 0:00 2.23
Pierre Larouche C 1 1 4 0 0 -2 0:00 1.38
Doug Jarvis C 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Robert Picard D 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Guy Lapointe D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Bob Gainey L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Gilbert Delorme D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Larry Robinson D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Mario Tremblay R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Gaston Gingras D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Pierre Mondou C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Keith Acton C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Craig Laughlin R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mark Hunter R 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Brian Engblom D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Rod Langway D 0 0 1 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.37
Doug Wickenheiser C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Denis Herron L 41 37 4 .902 58:42 0.70

Detroit Red Wings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Don Murdoch R 1 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.05
Mark Kirton C 1 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 1.53
Mark Osborne L 1 0 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.35
Derek Smith C 0 1 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.15
Jim Schoenfeld D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.08
Danny Gare R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Walt McKechnie C 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Mike Blaisdell R 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Willie Huber D 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Reed Larson D 0 0 2 0 0 +3 0:00 0.60
John Ogrodnick L 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
John Barrett D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Eric Vail L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Greg Smith D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Vaclav Nedomansky C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Brad Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jim Korn D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Sauve W 23 20 3 .870 60:00 -0.25