Montréal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1987 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday, December 26, 1987 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens outshot the Maple Leafs 39-30.
Stephane Richer scored twice. Dan Daoust, Ryan Walter, Bob Gainey and Luke Richardson also scored.
Brian Hayward made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Allan Bester stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
2nd period
Dan Daoust (7)Al Iafrate (14)0–104:46 TOR
Stephane Richer (23)Mats Naslund (36), Shayne Corson (16)1–112:19 MTL
Ryan Walter (5)Claude Lemieux (17), Bobby Smith (34)2–115:10 MTL
3rd period
Bob Gainey (3)John Kordic (4)3–100:29 MTL- Stephane Richer (24)Unassisted4–116:57 MTL
Luke Richardson (4)Al Iafrate (15), Tom Fergus (15)4–217:38 TOR
Team stats
MTLTOR
39Shots on goal30
0%Faceoff %0%
0/8Power play0/3
20Penalty minutes29
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 04:22
Borje Salming · hooking2 min - 1st 05:39
Shayne Corson · roughing2 min - 1st 05:39Greg Terrion · roughing2 min
- 1st 09:22Al Iafrate · holding2 min
- 1st 10:03Petr Svoboda · high sticking2 min
- 1st 10:03Dale Degray · high sticking2 min
- 1st 10:41Tom Fergus · high sticking double minor4 min
- 1st 12:19Shayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 1st 12:19Gary Leeman · high sticking double minor4 min
- 1st 13:13Ryan Walter · hooking2 min
- 1st 15:19Chris Mcrae · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 06:33Rick Green · holding2 min
- 2nd 09:05Chris Mcrae · too many men on the ice2 min
- 2nd 17:58Chris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:58Dave Semenko · fighting5 min
- 3rd 05:23Rick Green · high sticking5 min
- 3rd 07:29Peter Ihnacak · interference2 min
- 3rd 12:19Eddie Olczyk · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 33Al IafrateD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Tom FergusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 2Luke RichardsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Sean MckennaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gary LeemanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark OsborneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Al SecordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Chris McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Dale DegrayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 4Rick LanzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Allan BesterG | L | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 60:00 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |