Quebec Nordiques vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Hartford Civic Center. The Nordiques outshot the Whalers 33–22.
Goals came from Alan Haworth, Dave Babych, Ray Ferraro, Anton Stastny, Jeff Brown and Peter Stastny.
Mario Gosselin made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Alan Haworth (9)Alain Cote (9), Mike Eagles (6)1–015:42 QUE
2nd period
Dave Babych (8)Ray Ferraro (15), Paul Macdermid (4)1–102:30 HFD
Ray Ferraro (7)Sylvain Turgeon (12), John Anderson (20)1–205:18 HFD
Anton Stastny (13)Peter Stastny (29), Jeff Brown (16)2–207:43 QUE · 
Jeff Brown (9)Peter Stastny (30), Michel Goulet (31)3–219:43 QUE ·
3rd period
Peter Stastny (23)Jeff Jackson (8)4–219:52 QUE ·
Team stats
QUEHFD
3322
0%0%
2/60/6
2221
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:56 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · roughing2 min - 0:56 into the first period
Gord Donnelly · fighting5 min - 1:31 into the first periodRon Francis · tripping2 min
- 5:19 into the first periodDave Babych · hooking2 min
- 8:21 into the first periodTrevor Stienburg · holding2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodPaul Gillis · slashing2 min
- 2:53 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · high sticking2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodPaul Gillis · holding2 min
- 10:51 into the second periodSteven Finn · not proceeding directly to penalty box2 min
- 10:51 into the second periodSteven Finn · slashing2 min
- 19:14 into the second periodDave Babych · tripping2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 13:38 into the third periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · fighting5 min
- 19:52 into the third periodGord Donnelly · fighting5 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |