Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1986 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 4–1 on Wednesday, December 31, 1986 at Montreal Forum.
Goals came from Ryan Walter, Claude Lemieux, Brian Skrudland, Paul Gillis and Gaston Gingras.
Brian Hayward made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Clint Malarchuk stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Ryan Walter (6)Claude Lemieux (13)0–117:38 MTL
Claude Lemieux (11)Bobby Smith (23)0–217:49 MTL
3rd period
Brian Skrudland (6)Gaston Gingras (24)0–302:30 MTL
Paul Gillis (8)Mark Kumpel (8), Risto Siltanen (14)1–305:27 QUE
Gaston Gingras (6)Mats Naslund (26), Bobby Smith (24)1–413:51 MTL ·
Team stats
QUEMTL
2929
0%0%
0/51/6
5577
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:00 into the first period
Stephane Richer · misconduct10 min - 3:00 into the first periodStephane Richer · game misconduct10 min
- 6:23 into the first periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 6:23 into the first period
Pat Price · fighting5 min - 7:07 into the first periodDavid Shaw · holding2 min
- 11:18 into the first periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
- 12:35 into the first periodChris Chelios · slashing2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodRisto Siltanen · hooking2 min
- 2:25 into the second periodMichel Goulet · hooking2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodDavid Shaw · hooking2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodPeter Stastny · high sticking5 min
- 17:33 into the third periodJohn Kordic · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodChris Chelios · fighting5 min
- 19:45 into the third periodJohn Kordic · cross checking2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
- 19:45 into the third periodJohn Kordic · game misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodPaul Gillis · fighting5 min
- 19:45 into the third periodMike Hough · misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodRandy Moller · misconduct10 min
- 19:45 into the third periodAlain Cote · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 17Mark KumpelR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Brent AshtonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Gilbert DelormeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Richard SevignyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Clint MalarchukG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |