🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 23-15-0 before this game

3–5

Final

🐧 Home Penguins 19-17-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	3
PIT	0	0	0	5

Canadiens at Penguins

Penguins beat Canadiens 5–3 at PPG Paints Arena on January 2, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Jan 2, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐧 PIT

Rod Schutt

2 G

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🐧 PIT

Greg Malone

2 A

3 shots · +3

3rd star 🐧 PIT

Orest Kindrachuk

2 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧

39 Shots on goal 32

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

6 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 7.7% (3/39) PIT shooting 15.6% (5/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Richard Sevigny

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:23 TOI

🐧Penguins

Greg Millen

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 23-15 (61% win rate, 38 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 1st: 19-17 (53% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 23-15 (61% win rate, 38 games)

Penguins

Penguins — tied after 2nd: 19-17 (53% win rate, 36 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on January 2, 1980?

Penguins won 5–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 5.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Greg Millen made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Penguins season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 29

🐧Penguins

Previous game · Dec 31

Also on January 2, 1980

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