Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, December 8, 1987 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Tuesday, December 8, 1987 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Goals came from Derek King, Mats Naslund, Ryan Walter, Greg Gilbert and Claude Lemieux.
Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Derek King (2)Tomas Jonsson (18), Steve Konroyd (6)0–106:09 NYI
Mats Naslund (13)Shayne Corson (14), Stephane Richer (14)1–108:47 MTL
Ryan Walter (2)Larry Robinson (5), Bobby Smith (23)2–111:18 MTL
2nd period
Greg Gilbert (5)Bryan Trottier (20), Mikko Makela (13)2–204:15 NYI
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (11)Bobby Smith (24), Mike Lalor (2)3–206:34 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
2828
0%0%
0/20/2
88
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:04 into the first period
Derek King · hooking2 min - 12:44 into the first periodBryan Trottier · holding2 min
- 14:20 into the first period
Shayne Corson · high sticking2 min - 14:20 into the first periodAlan Kerr · high sticking2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodCraig Ludwig · interference2 min
- 15:47 into the second periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodChris Chelios · cross checking2 min
- 16:47 into the second periodBryan Trottier · high sticking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
New York Islanders
| 7Greg GilbertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Richard KrommL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Gord DineenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Denis PotvinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Ken LeiterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |