Montréal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Tuesday, December 16, 1986 · St. Louis Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Tuesday, December 16, 1986 at St. Louis Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Blues 32–23.
Goals came from Greg Paslawski, Mike Mcphee, Claude Lemieux, Gaston Gingras, Michael Dark and Bob Gainey.
Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Rick Wamsley stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Greg Paslawski (9)Doug Gilmour (24)0–107:28 STL
Mike Mcphee (7)Brian Skrudland (7)1–108:13 MTL
Claude Lemieux (8)Bobby Smith (19), Bob Gainey (3)2–118:05 MTL
3rd period
Gaston Gingras (5)Mike Mcphee (9), David Maley (5)3–111:27 MTL · 
Michael Dark (2)Tim Bothwell (6), Ron Flockhart (13)3–213:29 STL
Bob Gainey (1)Mike Lalor (6), Ryan Walter (12)4–218:58 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLSTL
3223
0%0%
1/20/1
46
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:20 into the second period
Mats Naslund · high sticking2 min - 5:20 into the second period
Rick Meagher · roughing2 min - 13:17 into the second periodJohn Kordic · elbowing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 9:54 into the third periodMark Hunter · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
St. Louis Blues
| 9Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ron FlockhartC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Greg PaslawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Tim BothwellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Michael DarkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Gino CavalliniL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mark HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick MeagherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bernie FederkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Herb RaglanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Doug EvansL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Charlie BourgeoisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 35Jim PaveseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Greg MillenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Rick WamsleyG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |