Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, December 16, 1987 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 5–4 on Wednesday, December 16, 1987 at Montreal Forum. The Nordiques outshot the Canadiens 27–25.
Michel Goulet scored twice and Ryan Walter scored twice. Claude Lemieux, Shayne Corson, Stephane Richer, Alain Cote and Peter Stastny also scored.
Brian Hayward made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 10 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (13)Mike Mcphee (6), Rick Green (4)0–104:40 MTL
Michel Goulet (19)Anton Stastny (17), Peter Stastny (26)1–110:50 QUE · 
Shayne Corson (6)Stephane Richer (16), Rick Green (5)1–213:51 MTL
Ryan Walter (3)Claude Lemieux (16), Bobby Smith (29)1–315:55 MTL
2nd period
- Ryan Walter (4)Bobby Smith (30), Stephane Richer (17)1–402:43 MTL ·
Stephane Richer (21)Bobby Smith (31)1–506:03 MTL ·
3rd period
- Michel Goulet (20)Lane Lambert (14), Peter Stastny (27)2–508:12 QUE
Alain Cote (3)Jeff Brown (15), Tommy Albelin (9)3–509:20 QUE
Peter Stastny (21)Michel Goulet (29), Robert Picard (7)4–513:06 QUE
Team stats
QUEMTL
2725
0%0%
1/42/6
3218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:07 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 10:50 into the first period
Chris Nilan · high sticking2 min - 17:01 into the first periodMike Eagles · holding2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodMats Naslund · cross checking2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · tripping2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodRobert Picard · charging2 min
- 5:59 into the second periodLane Lambert · interference2 min
- 10:04 into the second periodJohn Kordic · slashing2 min
- 12:30 into the second periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the second periodGord Donnelly · instigator2 min
- 12:30 into the second periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the second periodGord Donnelly · misconduct10 min
- 19:49 into the second periodMike Mcphee · hooking2 min
- 3:54 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 3:54 into the third periodTerry Carkner · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Lane LambertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ken QuinneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | L | 15 | 5 | .667 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |