Los Angeles Kings vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–3 on Saturday, January 31, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Kings 33–27.
Jim Fox scored twice. Bobby Smith, Marcel Dionne, David Maley, Chris Chelios, Bob Gainey and Brian Skrudland also scored.
Patrick Roy made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Fox (16)Bernie Nicholls (31), Dave Williams (7)1–002:33 LAK
Bobby Smith (19)Mike Mcphee (14), Larry Robinson (21)1–112:13 MTL
Marcel Dionne (19)Luc Robitaille (29), Steve Duchesne (12)2–113:20 LAK
2nd period
David Maley (5)Mats Naslund (35), Ryan Walter (18)2–214:22 MTL
Chris Chelios (9)Mats Naslund (36), Gaston Gingras (29)2–316:11 MTL · - Jim Fox (17)Dave Williams (8), Bernie Nicholls (32)3–317:09 LAK
3rd period
Bob Gainey (6)Brian Skrudland (10), David Maley (11)3–406:04 MTL
Brian Skrudland (8)Guy Carbonneau (18), Petr Svoboda (15)3–512:12 MTL
Team stats
LAKMTL
2733
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:06 into the first period
Luc Robitaille · tripping2 min - 10:22 into the second period
Chris Chelios · cross checking2 min - 15:00 into the second periodLuc Robitaille · tripping2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodMarcel Dionne · high sticking2 min
- 15:00 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking2 min
- 8:31 into the third periodLarry Playfair · holding2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Paul GuayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan EricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Joe PatersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
| 35Darren EliotG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8David MaleyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |