New York Rangers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, December 11, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 6–2 on Thursday, December 11, 1986 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Rangers 36–26.
Goals came from Claude Lemieux, John Kordic, Shayne Corson, Raimo Helminen, Pierre Larouche, Brian Skrudland, Gaston Gingras and Guy Carbonneau.
Patrick Roy made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Doug Soetaert stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (6)Bobby Smith (17), Larry Robinson (11)0–101:19 MTL
John Kordic (1)Mike Lalor (5), Mike Mcphee (7)0–202:45 MTL
Shayne Corson (7)Stephane Richer (11), Ryan Walter (10)0–307:48 MTL
Raimo Helminen (2)Chris Jensen (5)1–312:21 NYR
2nd period
Pierre Larouche (11)Lane Lambert (1)2–300:30 NYR
Brian Skrudland (5)Mike Mcphee (8), Petr Svoboda (8)2–404:56 MTL
Gaston Gingras (4)Mats Naslund (18), Bobby Smith (18)2–507:58 MTL ·
3rd period
Guy Carbonneau (9)Sergio Momesso (7), Bob Gainey (1)2–614:50 MTL
Team stats
NYRMTL
2636
0%0%
0/31/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:04 into the first period
Claude Lemieux · hooking2 min - 14:57 into the first period
James Patrick · tripping2 min - 7:01 into the second periodTom Laidlaw · tripping2 min
- 16:24 into the second periodSergio Momesso · roughing2 min
- 2:03 into the third periodKelly Kisio · holding2 min
- 5:36 into the third periodBob Gainey · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 10Pierre LaroucheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Lane LambertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Chris JensenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Raimo HelminenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly KisioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 40Kelly MillerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | L | 36 | 6 | .833 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |