Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, January 8, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 5–3 on Wednesday, January 8, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 28–19.
Goals came from Craig Ludwig, Randy Burridge, Ryan Walter, Mats Naslund, Tom Kurvers, Kraig Nienhuis, Geoff Courtnall and Kjell Dahlin.
Steve Penney made 16 saves on 19 shots for the win; Pat Riggin stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Craig Ludwig (1)Bobby Smith (35), Lucien DeBlois (7)0–103:12 MTL
Randy Burridge (6)Gord Kluzak (15)1–112:29 BOS
Ryan Walter (10)Lucien DeBlois (8), Stephane Richer (11)1–218:37 MTL
2nd period
Mats Naslund (28)Tom Kurvers (10), Larry Robinson (35)1–308:41 MTL · 
Tom Kurvers (6)Larry Robinson (36), Bobby Smith (36)1–413:57 MTL · 
Kraig Nienhuis (13)Dave Pasin (8), Steve Kasper (12)2–415:13 BOS
Geoff Courtnall (8)Rick Middleton (22), Barry Pederson (18)3–419:53 BOS ·
3rd period
Kjell Dahlin (23)Tom Kurvers (11), Mats Naslund (43)3–518:19 MTL ·
Team stats
BOSMTL
1928
0%0%
1/63/8
3131
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:23 into the first period
Nevin Markwart · cross checking2 min - 0:23 into the first periodNevin Markwart · fighting5 min
- 0:23 into the first period
Steve Rooney · roughing2 min - 0:23 into the first periodSteve Rooney · fighting5 min
- 1:11 into the first periodGuy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
- 3:54 into the first periodJohn Blum · fighting5 min
- 3:54 into the first periodMike Mcphee · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the first periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 7:11 into the first periodSteve Kasper · cross checking2 min
- 12:29 into the first periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 12:29 into the first periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 13:27 into the first periodBrian Curran · holding2 min
- 0:35 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 5:29 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · holding2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodMike O'connell · high sticking2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodMats Thelin · holding2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodBrian Curran · slashing2 min
- 19:04 into the second periodMike Lalor · cross checking2 min
- 3:56 into the third periodMario Tremblay · tripping2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodBrian Curran · interference2 min
- 17:45 into the third periodBill Derlago · tripping2 min
- 18:19 into the third periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Rick MiddletonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Michael ThelvenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Mats ThelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Brian CurranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 31Doug KeansG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 18Tom KurversD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Steve PenneyG | W | 19 | 3 | .842 |