Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, February 21, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–5 on Saturday, February 21, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 36–23.
Bobby Smith scored a hat trick. Ken Leiter, Randy Boyd, Duane Sutter, Brian Skrudland, Gerald Diduck, Pat LaFontaine, Gaston Gingras and Ari Haanpaa also scored.
Kelly Hrudey made 18 saves on 23 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 11 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Bobby Smith (21)Unassisted1–000:47 MTL
Ken Leiter (7)Steve Konroyd (11), Mikko Makela (17)1–109:16 NYI ·
2nd period
Randy Boyd (2)Bryan Trottier (44), Richard Kromm (10)1–206:38 NYI · 
Duane Sutter (9)Bob Bassen (6)1–312:05 NYI
Brian Skrudland (9)Mike Mcphee (16), John Kordic (2)2–316:21 MTL
Gerald Diduck (2)Mike Bossy (30), Richard Kromm (11)2–417:22 NYI
Pat LaFontaine (26)Gord Dineen (6), Alan Kerr (6)2–518:39 NYI
3rd period
Gaston Gingras (10)Bobby Smith (35), Sergio Momesso (10)3–504:51 MTL
Ari Haanpaa (4)Duane Sutter (16), Bob Bassen (7)3–612:16 NYI- Bobby Smith (22)Claude Lemieux (21), Sergio Momesso (11)4–613:21 MTL
- Bobby Smith (23)Mats Naslund (42), Chris Chelios (26)5–619:59 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLNYI
2336
0%0%
1/41/6
2117
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:46 into the first period
Guy Carbonneau · interference2 min - 16:28 into the first periodMike Lalor · hooking2 min
- 0:57 into the second periodDavid Maley · hooking2 min
- 3:28 into the second period
Gord Dineen · hooking2 min - 6:09 into the second periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodMike Bossy · holding2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodMike Bossy · roughing2 min
- 9:03 into the second periodMike Mcphee · fighting5 min
- 9:03 into the second periodAlan Kerr · fighting5 min
- 0:52 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · cross checking2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 8:47 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · high sticking2 min
- 8:47 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · slashing2 min
- 14:51 into the third periodAlan Kerr · interference2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · interference2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 24 | 5 | .792 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 12 | 1 | .917 |
New York Islanders
| 12Duane SutterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike BossyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Ari HaanpaaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Randy BoydD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dale HenryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | W | 23 | 5 | .783 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |