Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 6-5 on Wednesday, November 25, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 36-33.
Goals came from Dave Tippett, Ryan Walter, Stew Gavin, Claude Lemieux, John Anderson, Ray Ferraro, Ron Francis, Larry Robinson, Rick Green, Bob Gainey and Stephane Richer.
Brian Hayward made 28 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 30 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Tippett (6)Unassisted0–111:19 HFD · SHG
Ryan Walter (1)Claude Lemieux (10), Rick Green (2)1–116:15 MTL
Stew Gavin (5)Sylvain Turgeon (6), Ray Ferraro (6)1–217:58 HFD
Claude Lemieux (8)Ryan Walter (4), Bobby Smith (12)2–219:13 MTL
2nd period
John Anderson (6)Kevin Dineen (7)2–305:46 HFD
Ray Ferraro (3)Dave Babych (14), Sylvain Turgeon (7)2–410:03 HFD · PPG
Ron Francis (10)John Anderson (12), Dave Babych (15)2–511:32 HFD · PPG
Larry Robinson (1)Bobby Smith (13), Mats Naslund (25)3–517:05 MTL · PPG
Rick Green (1)Unassisted4–517:49 MTL
Bob Gainey (2)Chris Chelios (19), Guy Carbonneau (7)5–518:17 MTL
3rd period
Stephane Richer (13)Chris Chelios (20)6–513:48 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
36Shots on goal33
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:42
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 06:08
Brian Skrudland · cross checking2 min - 1st 06:39Guy Carbonneau · cross checking2 min
- 1st 10:20Torrie Robertson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:30Bobby Smith · holding2 min
- 2nd 08:22Shayne Corson · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:22Shayne Corson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 15:09Dana Murzyn · tripping2 min
- 3rd 00:50Ulf Samuelsson · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 33 | 28 | 5 | .849 | 60:00 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mike MillarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 36 | 30 | 6 | .833 | 59:03 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |