🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 16-11-0 before this game
3–4
Final
🐧 Home Penguins 13-14-0 before this game
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Canadiens at Penguins

Penguins beat Canadiens 4–3 at PPG Paints Arena on December 10, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Dec 10, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐧 PIT
Peter Lee
2 G
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🐧 PIT
Mario Faubert
2 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🐧 PIT
George Ferguson
1 G
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL PIT🐧
45 Shots on goal 35
6 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 6.7% (3/45) PIT shooting 11.4% (4/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Denis Herron
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:47 TOI
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 16-11 (59% win rate, 27 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 13-14 (48% win rate, 27 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 16-11 (59% win rate, 27 games)
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 13-14 (48% win rate, 27 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 4, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Penguins won
Feb 16, 1980
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–8 · Canadiens won
Jan 2, 1980
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–5 · Penguins won
Nov 7, 1979
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–3 · Canadiens won
Oct 25, 1979
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–8 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs PIT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Penguins on December 10, 1980?

Penguins won 4–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Penguins?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Penguins 4.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron 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?

Penguins 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 6
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 11
🍁TOR @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 7
🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF
1–10 · BUF won
Next game · Dec 12
🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH
6–2 · PIT won
Also on December 10, 1980
🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR
2–6 final
🐻BOS @ ⚜️QUE
6–4 final
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
8–5 final
🔔PHI @ 🪶CHI
2–2 final
👑LAK @ 🌌MNS
7–2 final
🐳HFD @ ✈️WIN
8–5 final
🏝️NYI @ 🛢️EDM
3–2 final
Canadiens season page Penguins season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule