🪶 Away Blackhawks 20-18-0 before this game

4–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 23-16-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
CHI	0	0	0	4
MTL	0	0	0	3

Blackhawks at Canadiens

Blackhawks beat Canadiens 4–3 at Bell Centre on January 5, 1980.

🗓 Sat, Jan 5, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🪶 CHI

Tom Lysiak

2 G

2 shots · +3

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Mondou

2 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🪶 CHI

J.P. Bordeleau

1 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🪶CHI MTL🇨🇦

23 Shots on goal 39

1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

4 Penalty minutes 5

CHI shooting 17.4% (4/23) MTL shooting 7.7% (3/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🪶Blackhawks

Tony Esposito

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Denis Herron

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 1st: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 23-16 (59% win rate, 39 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 20-18 (53% win rate, 38 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 23-16 (59% win rate, 39 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Oct 17, 1979

🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI

2–3 · Blackhawks won

❓ CHI vs MTL, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Canadiens on January 5, 1980?

Blackhawks won 4–3.

What was the final score of Blackhawks vs Canadiens?

The final score was Blackhawks 4, Canadiens 3.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Tony Esposito made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Canadiens season series?

Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Jan 2

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Jan 2

Also on January 5, 1980

Blackhawks season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule