Montréal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Friday, October 16, 1987 · Brendan Byrne Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 on Friday, October 16, 1987 at Brendan Byrne Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 23–22.
George McPhee scored twice. Kjell Dahlin, Stephane Richer, Mats Naslund, Aaron Broten and Claude Loiselle also scored.
Alain Chevrier made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
George McPhee (1)Brendan Shanahan (3), Jim Korn (1)0–101:18 NJD
Kjell Dahlin (2)Bobby Smith (2)1–107:07 MTL
Stephane Richer (4)Mats Naslund (8), Shayne Corson (2)2–109:57 MTL- George McPhee (2)Brendan Shanahan (4), Jim Korn (2)2–218:00 NJD
2nd period
Mats Naslund (1)Stephane Richer (1), Bobby Smith (3)3–206:01 MTL · 
Aaron Broten (2)Kirk Muller (2), Pat Verbeek (1)3–306:18 NJD
3rd period
Claude Loiselle (4)Andy Brickley (2)3–409:09 NJD
Team stats
MTLNJD
2322
0%0%
1/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:02 into the first period
Claude Lemieux · elbowing2 min - 13:48 into the first period
Joe Cirella · hooking2 min - 4:34 into the second periodPat Verbeek · interference2 min
- 8:48 into the second periodJoe Cirella · holding2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 19:45 into the third periodKen Daneyko · illegal stick2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Scott SandelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21George McPheeL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 14Jim KornD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Andy BrickleyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jack O'CallahanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Alain ChevrierG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 34Daniel DelianedisG | 0 | 0 | – |