Hartford Whalers vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Sunday, December 27, 1987 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Sunday, December 27, 1987 at Le Colisée. The Nordiques outshot the Whalers 31–26.
Michel Goulet scored a hat trick. Peter Stastny, Jeff Jackson, Ray Ferraro, Dean Evason and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Mario Gosselin made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Stastny (24)Michel Goulet (32), Anton Stastny (18)0–103:48 QUE
Michel Goulet (21)Anton Stastny (19), Alan Haworth (14)0–207:47 QUE- Michel Goulet (22)Peter Stastny (31), Jeff Brown (17)0–310:17 QUE ·
Jeff Jackson (3)Gaetan Duchesne (10)0–415:12 QUE ·
2nd period
Ray Ferraro (8)Ron Francis (23), Sylvain Turgeon (13)1–401:29 HFD · 
Dean Evason (4)Paul Lawless (5), Dave Babych (21)2–405:57 HFD ·
3rd period
Sylvain Turgeon (15)Unassisted3–405:25 HFD · - Michel Goulet (23)Peter Stastny (32)3–506:05 QUE
Team stats
HFDQUE
2631
0%0%
3/81/8
4142
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:11 into the first period
Normand Rochefort · tripping2 min - 4:46 into the first periodTrevor Stienburg · roughing2 min
- 9:27 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · cross checking2 min - 11:35 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · cross checking2 min
- 14:19 into the first periodRandy Moller · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the first periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · charging2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodGord Donnelly · charging2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodGord Donnelly · roughing2 min
- 1:05 into the second periodNormand Rochefort · high sticking5 min
- 7:13 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · fighting5 min
- 7:13 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · game misconduct10 min
- 7:13 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · roughing2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · fighting5 min
- 7:13 into the second periodGaetan Duchesne · game misconduct10 min
- 7:49 into the second periodRon Francis · tripping2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 13:24 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 17:30 into the second periodRay Ferraro · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:43 into the third periodPaul Gillis · interference2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodTorrie Robertson · slashing2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodAlan Haworth · holding2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodRandy Ladouceur · interference2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodPeter Stastny · hooking2 min
- 13:25 into the third periodPeter Stastny · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul LawlessL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Steve WeeksG | 0 | 0 | – |
Quebec Nordiques
| 16Michel GouletL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 9 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 20Anton StastnyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 14Gaetan DuchesneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Alan HaworthC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 11Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Ken QuinneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Trevor StienburgR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Alain CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Normand RochefortD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert PicardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 28Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Gord DonnellyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mario BrunettaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Mario GosselinG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |