Hartford Whalers vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 1987 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–4 on Tuesday, December 8, 1987 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Whalers 38–27.
Sylvain Turgeon scored twice. Peter Stastny, Ron Francis, Paul Macdermid, Robert Picard, Mike Eagles, Michel Goulet and John Anderson also scored.
Mike Liut made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Stastny (20)Anton Stastny (14), Gaetan Duchesne (9)0–101:15 QUE
Ron Francis (12)Dave Tippett (4), Kevin Dineen (11)1–106:29 HFD
Paul Macdermid (6)Sylvain Turgeon (9), John Anderson (16)2–110:48 HFD · 
Sylvain Turgeon (10)Ray Ferraro (11)3–119:42 HFD
2nd period
- Sylvain Turgeon (11)Ray Ferraro (12), Dave Babych (19)4–104:50 HFD ·
Robert Picard (1)Alain Cote (6), Alan Haworth (9)4–213:06 QUE
Mike Eagles (5)Paul Gillis (4), Alain Cote (7)4–315:27 QUE
3rd period
Michel Goulet (17)Anton Stastny (15), Peter Stastny (24)4–409:35 QUE · 
John Anderson (7)Ron Francis (16), Kevin Dineen (12)5–414:30 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDQUE
2738
0%0%
3/71/7
3130
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:56 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · holding2 min - 6:50 into the first period
Stu Kulak · tripping2 min - 9:22 into the first periodRandy Moller · holding2 min
- 13:49 into the first periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking double minor4 min
- 17:38 into the first periodJeff Jackson · interference2 min
- 2:52 into the second periodRandy Moller · tripping2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodDana Murzyn · fighting5 min
- 6:19 into the second periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 7:10 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking double minor4 min
- 7:10 into the second periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodScot Kleinendorst · interference2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 13:25 into the second periodTerry Carkner · slashing2 min
- 14:43 into the second periodStew Gavin · high sticking2 min
- 14:43 into the second periodStu Kulak · high sticking2 min
- 3:46 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 9:23 into the third periodScot Kleinendorst · holding2 min
- 10:01 into the third periodAnton Stastny · tripping2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodDana Murzyn · high sticking2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodAlan Haworth · slashing5 min
- 13:56 into the third periodAnton Stastny · interference2 min
- 15:33 into the third periodRay Ferraro · hooking2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodJohn Anderson · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Dave WilliamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 10 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Stu KulakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |