Boston Bruins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 8, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 8–3 on Saturday, March 8, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Bruins 31–23.
Chris Nilan scored twice. Larry Robinson, Ken Linseman, Ray Bourque, Lucien DeBlois, Mario Tremblay, Geoff Courtnall, Bobby Smith, Rick Green and Mike Mcphee also scored.
Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Doug Keans stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Larry Robinson (17)Gaston Gingras (13)0–109:23 MTL · 
Ken Linseman (21)Barry Pederson (39)1–110:33 BOS · 
Ray Bourque (19)Ken Linseman (48)2–118:26 BOS ·
2nd period
Chris Nilan (14)Guy Carbonneau (28), Bob Gainey (22)2–206:02 MTL
Lucien DeBlois (13)Mike Mcphee (14)2–306:58 MTL
Mario Tremblay (18)Mike Mcphee (15)2–410:53 MTL- Chris Nilan (15)Petr Svoboda (16), Gaston Gingras (14)2–513:13 MTL ·
Geoff Courtnall (15)Barry Pederson (40)3–514:39 BOS
Bobby Smith (28)Gaston Gingras (15), Mats Naslund (59)3–619:01 MTL ·
3rd period
Rick Green (2)Kjell Dahlin (36)3–710:08 MTL
Mike Mcphee (15)Guy Carbonneau (29)3–815:44 MTL
Team stats
BOSMTL
2331
0%0%
2/73/9
5743
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:45 into the first period
Barry Pederson · kneeing2 min - 2:49 into the first period
Stephane Richer · holding2 min - 6:03 into the first periodKeith Crowder · hooking2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodKen Linseman · roughing2 min
- 7:56 into the first periodChris Nilan · roughing2 min
- 8:39 into the first periodMike O'connell · hooking2 min
- 9:56 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · elbowing2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodSteve Rooney · roughing double minor4 min
- 2:11 into the second periodNevin Markwart · delaying game2 min
- 2:11 into the second periodSteve Rooney · delaying game2 min
- 2:20 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 6:58 into the second periodJay Miller · misconduct10 min
- 6:58 into the second periodSteve Rooney · misconduct10 min
- 11:25 into the second periodSteve Kasper · cross checking2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodFrank Simonetti · hooking2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodMike Milbury · roughing double minor4 min
- 17:02 into the second periodMike Milbury · game misconduct10 min
- 17:02 into the second periodDoug Keans · high sticking2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodDoug Keans · roughing2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodStephane Richer · high sticking2 min
- 17:02 into the second periodStephane Richer · roughing2 min
- 17:34 into the second periodKen Linseman · cross checking2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodMario Tremblay · delaying game2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodJay Miller · fighting5 min
- 2:02 into the third periodSteve Rooney · fighting5 min
- 2:43 into the third periodRick Green · high sticking2 min
- 3:57 into the third periodKeith Crowder · roughing2 min
- 3:57 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · cross checking2 min
- 5:27 into the third periodRick Green · cross checking2 min
- 17:02 into the third periodJohn Blum · roughing2 min
- 18:29 into the third periodBarry Pederson · high sticking2 min
- 18:29 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 10Barry PedersonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Ray BourqueD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Steve KasperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 17Nevin MarkwartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 18Keith CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Charlie SimmerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Jay MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave PasinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Kraig NienhuisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Greg JohnstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Gord KluzakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike O'connellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Frank SimonettiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike MilburyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33John BlumD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pat RigginG | 4 | 2 | .500 | |
| 31Doug KeansG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mario TremblayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Lucien DeBloisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve RooneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 37Steve PenneyG | 0 | 0 | – |