Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, January 17, 1985 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Thursday, January 17, 1985 at Montreal Forum. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 28–22.
Mark Hunter scored twice. Chris Nilan, Bob Crawford, Ron Francis, Pierre Mondou, Sylvain Turgeon, Mats Naslund and Greg Malone also scored.
Doug Soetaert made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Hunter (12)John Newberry (1), Ryan Walter (5)0–104:44 MTL- Mark Hunter (13)Petr Svoboda (15), Ryan Walter (6)0–210:23 MTL ·
Chris Nilan (10)Ric Nattress (1), Bobby Smith (19)0–310:46 MTL
Bob Crawford (14)Greg Malone (23), Torrie Robertson (14)1–311:16 HFD
Ron Francis (18)Dave Lumley (18)2–317:48 HFD
2nd period
Pierre Mondou (13)Mats Naslund (25), Rick Green (10)2–413:56 MTL
3rd period
Sylvain Turgeon (16)Kevin Dineen (2), Mark Johnson (25)3–408:02 HFD
Mats Naslund (26)Pierre Mondou (30), Larry Robinson (22)3–510:45 MTL · 
Greg Malone (9)Torrie Robertson (15), Bob Crawford (14)4–516:07 HFD
Team stats
HFDMTL
2822
0%0%
0/31/2
1921
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:39 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 19:36 into the first period
Chris Nilan · high sticking2 min - 11:53 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:34 into the second periodMark Hunter · boarding2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodPat Boutette · fighting5 min
- 9:52 into the third periodPat Boutette · misconduct10 min
- 9:52 into the third periodChris Nilan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 9:52 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 14Greg MaloneC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Bob CrawfordR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Wally WeirR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Pat BoutetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Richie DunnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Mark FuscoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ed StaniowskiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Greg MillenG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Pierre MondouC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31John NewberryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ric NattressD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Alfie TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Jeffrey TealC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |
| 37Steve PenneyG | 0 | 0 | – |