Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 1987 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 8–2 on Sunday, April 5, 1987 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 30–26.
Kjell Dahlin scored a hat trick and John Kordic scored twice. Sergio Momesso, Mike Mcphee, Jay Caufield, Chris Chelios and Terry Carkner also scored.
Brian Hayward made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bob Froese stopped 13 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Kjell Dahlin (10)Mike Mcphee (21), Craig Ludwig (11)1–005:29 MTL
Sergio Momesso (14)Mike Lalor (10)2–009:01 MTL
2nd period
Mike Mcphee (18)Bobby Smith (45)3–001:25 MTL · 
John Kordic (4)Ryan Walter (23), Bobby Smith (46)4–005:04 MTL
Jay Caufield (2)Unassisted4–105:36 NYR- John Kordic (5)Chris Nilan (15), Bobby Smith (47)5–110:09 MTL
Chris Chelios (11)Craig Ludwig (12)6–112:18 MTL- Kjell Dahlin (11)Guy Carbonneau (27), Chris Nilan (16)7–117:17 MTL
3rd period
- Kjell Dahlin (12)Unassisted8–109:16 MTL
Terry Carkner (2)Don Maloney (38), Ron Duguay (25)8–212:18 NYR
Team stats
MTLNYR
2630
0%0%
0/10/2
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:28 into the first period
Shayne Corson · roughing2 min - 11:28 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · roughing2 min - 19:30 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodJeff Jackson · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodMike Lalor · hooking2 min
- 10:53 into the second periodDon Maloney · holding2 min
- 11:39 into the second periodStephane Richer · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +5 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jay CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Terry CarknerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Stu KulakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Jan ErixonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Curt GilesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Bob FroeseG | L | 20 | 7 | .650 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 6 | 1 | .833 |