NHL game summary from January 16, 1979
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Montreal Canadiens (29-9-6) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Vancouver Canucks (16-25-5) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1: | VAN, | Jere Gillis 7 (Chris Oddleifson, Hilliard Graves), 2:01 |
| 2: | VAN, | Bob Manno 2 (Chris Oddleifson, Jere Gillis), 1:21 |
| MTL, | Mario Tremblay 16 (Yvon Lambert, Rejean Houle), 2:34 | |
| 3: | MTL, | Serge Savard 4 (Yvon Lambert, Larry Robinson), 19:32 |
Penalties:
| 1: | none | |
| 2: | Chris Oddleifson, VAN [Holding] 6:30 | |
| Guy Lafleur, MTL [Tripping] 7:01 | ||
| 3: | none | |
Penalty time: MTL: 2 minutes
VAN: 2 minutes
| MTL Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | 3 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guy Lapointe | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Pierre Mondou | 6 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Guy Lafleur | 10 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Yvon Lambert | 11 | LW | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mario Tremblay | 14 | RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rejean Houle | 15 | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rod Langway | 17 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serge Savard | 18 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Robinson | 19 | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Doug Jarvis | 21 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Gainey | 23 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Gilles Lupien | 24 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Newman | 26 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Larouche | 28 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ken Dryden | 29 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Hughes | 30 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Napier | 31 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 |
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 37 | ||||||
| TOTAL (11 forwards, 6 defensemen) | 1 | 37 | ||||||
| VAN Player Data | # | Pos | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM | +/- | Shots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Hanlon | 1 | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Goodenough | 5 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 |
| Dennis Kearns | 6 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pit Martin | 7 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Blight | 8 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Don Lever | 9 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stan Smyl | 12 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Oddleifson | 14 | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Hilliard Graves | 15 | RW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Sedlbauer | 17 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Drew Callander | 20 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jere Gillis | 21 | LW | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Manno | 22 | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thomas Gradin | 23 | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curt Fraser | 24 | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harold Snepsts | 27 | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| Rob Flockhart | 28 | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| TOTAL (12 forwards, 4 defensemen) | 0 | 20 | ||||||
Shots: MTL: 13-15- 9-37
VAN: 5- 6- 9-20
Goalies: MTL: Ken Dryden (T, 19-4-4)
VAN: Glen Hanlon (T, 11-12-4)
Referee: Bob Kilger
Linesmen: Bob Hodges, Don Koharski
Attendance: 16,413
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