Vancouver Canucks vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 1, 1987 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Quebec Nordiques 3–1 on Tuesday, December 1, 1987 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Canucks 33–25.
Goals came from Jim Benning, Randy Boyd, Stan Smyl and Peter Stastny.
Kirk McLean made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 5 of 8.
Scoring
1st period
Jim Benning (3)Petri Skriko (9), Doug Lidster (11)1–009:02 VAN · 
Randy Boyd (2)Stan Smyl (11), Doug Wickenheiser (5)2–012:40 VAN
Stan Smyl (7)Willie Huber (9), Craig Coxe (5)3–015:47 VAN
2nd period
Peter Stastny (19)Anton Stastny (12), Robert Picard (3)3–110:38 QUE
Team stats
VANQUE
2533
0%0%
1/60/7
2321
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:58 into the first period
Doug Lidster · hooking2 min - 7:37 into the first period
Michel Goulet · hooking2 min - 9:41 into the first periodSteven Finn · holding2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodDoug Lidster · high sticking2 min
- 2:46 into the second periodGarth Butcher · holding2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodTerry Carkner · fighting5 min
- 6:16 into the second periodRonnie Stern · high sticking2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodRonnie Stern · fighting5 min
- 13:02 into the second periodPeter Stastny · holding2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodRich Sutter · hooking2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:29 into the second periodGarth Butcher · cross checking2 min
- 7:18 into the third periodJeff Brown · tripping2 min
- 10:07 into the third periodMichel Goulet · cross checking2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodGarth Butcher · cross checking2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 18:37 into the third periodGarth Butcher · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodDoug Lidster · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 12Stan SmylR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Doug WickenheiserC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 21Craig CoxeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Petri SkrikoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Willie HuberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim BenningD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy BoydD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Barry PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Tony TantiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Rich SutterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jeff RohlicekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Steve TambelliniC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33David SaundersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Garth ButcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Daryl StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |
| 35Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Jason LafreniereC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 17 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 8 | 3 | .625 |