🐧 Away Penguins 20-20-0 before this game
2–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 27-13-0 before this game
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Penguins at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Penguins 4–2 at Bell Centre on January 8, 1981.

🗓 Thu, Jan 8, 1981 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Yvon Lambert
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bob Gainey
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Doug Risebrough
2 A
6 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT MTL🇨🇦
27 Shots on goal 50
10 Penalty minutes 10
PIT shooting 7.4% (2/27) MTL shooting 8.0% (4/50)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Greg Millen
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:22 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Richard Sevigny
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 1st: 19-20 (49% win rate, 39 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 26-13 (67% win rate, 39 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 19-20 (49% win rate, 39 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 26-13 (67% win rate, 39 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Penguins lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 10, 1980
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–4 · Penguins won
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

❓ PIT vs MTL, answered

Who won Penguins vs Canadiens on January 8, 1981?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Canadiens?

The final score was Penguins 2, Canadiens 4.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Canadiens season series?

Penguins 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
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Jan 7
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
3–7 · PIT won
Next game · Jan 10
🪶CHI @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · CHI won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 6
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
6–2 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 10
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–5 · QUE won
Also on January 8, 1981
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
4–7 final
🎵STL @ 🔔PHI
5–5 final
🦅WSH @ 🔥CGY
0–6 final
Penguins season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule