Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Monday, December 26, 1983 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 2–1 on Monday, December 26, 1983 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 30–23.
Goals came from Chris Nilan, Ryan Walter and Ray Neufeld.
Richard Sevigny made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ed Staniowski stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Nilan (9)Steve Shutt (18), Jean Hamel (5)1–013:52 MTL
Ryan Walter (10)Mats Naslund (16), Bobby Smith (19)2–017:50 MTL
3rd period
Ray Neufeld (15)Mark Johnson (25)2–117:39 HFD
Team stats
MTLHFD
2330
0%0%
0/20/5
2226
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:35 into the first period
Chris Nilan · slashing2 min - 19:34 into the first periodJean Hamel · hooking2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodJean Hamel · hooking2 min
- 10:24 into the second period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 12:59 into the second periodJohn Chabot · high sticking2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodRay Neufeld · roughing2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodRay Neufeld · fighting5 min
- 13:51 into the second periodJean Hamel · fighting5 min
- 19:42 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 19:42 into the second periodRyan Walter · fighting5 min
- 10:41 into the third periodEd Hospodar · misconduct10 min
- 10:41 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodRic Nattress · roughing2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodRichard Sevigny · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve ShuttL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Jean HamelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Pierre MondouC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Perry TurnbullC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29John ChabotC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Kent CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Bill RootD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Jocelyn GauvreauD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick WamsleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Richard SevignyG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Ray NeufeldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Greg MaloneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Norm DupontL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike CrombeenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike ZukeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Blaine StoughtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Girard McDonaldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 30Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – |