The Montreal Canadiens fell to the Detroit Red Wings, 5 to 3, on March 3, 1979.

Final

Red Wings

15-33-14

5

Canadiens

43-12-8

3

Team

DET

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DET

MTL

Yvon Lambert (EV) assisted by Doug Risebrough and Larry Robinson

Guy Lafleur (EV) assisted by Michel Larocque

2nd period

DET

MTL

Dan Labraaten (EV) assisted by Reed Larson

Errol Thompson (EV) assisted by Andre St. Laurent

Dale McCourt (SH) assisted by Terry Harper

Vaclav Nedomansky (EV) unassisted

3rd period

DET

MTL

Steve Shutt (EV) assisted by Jacques Lemaire and Guy Lafleur

Reed Larson (SH) assisted by Dale McCourt

Red Wings

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Red Wings

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jim Rutherford (W) J. Rutherford	1	0	0	32	29	.906	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Thommie Bergman T. Bergman	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jean Hamel J. Hamel	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Terry Harper T. Harper	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0
Bill Hogaboam B. Hogaboam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Willie Huber W. Huber	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Greg Joly G. Joly	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dan Labraaten D. Labraaten	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Reed Larson R. Larson	1	1	2	+3	2	1	0	0	4	25.0
Dale McCourt D. McCourt	1	1	2	+4	0	1	1	0	1	100.0
Perry Miller P. Miller	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Vaclav Nedomansky V. Nedomansky	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Dennis Polonich D. Polonich	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	3	0.0
Andre St. Laurent A. St. Laurent	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Errol Thompson E. Thompson	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	2	50.0
Paul Woods P. Woods	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Michel Larocque (L) M. Larocque	0	1	0	29	24	.828	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Brian Engblom B. Engblom	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Bob Gainey B. Gainey	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Rejean Houle R. Houle	0	0	0	-4	0	4	0.0
Pat Hughes P. Hughes	0	0	0	0	4	1	0.0
Doug Jarvis D. Jarvis	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Guy Lafleur G. Lafleur	1	1	2	-1	0	8	12.5
Yvon Lambert Y. Lambert	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Guy Lapointe G. Lapointe	0	0	0	-3	0	5	0.0
Jacques Lemaire J. Lemaire	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Gilles Lupien G. Lupien	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Napier M. Napier	0	0	0	0	2	0
Doug Risebrough D. Risebrough	0	1	1	0	5	0
Larry Robinson L. Robinson	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Serge Savard S. Savard	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Steve Shutt S. Shutt	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Mario Tremblay M. Tremblay	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0