Montréal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 1987 · Olympic Saddledome
Game summary
The Calgary Flames beat the Montréal Canadiens 9–3 on Monday, December 28, 1987 at Olympic Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Canadiens 37–32.
Joe Nieuwendyk scored a hat trick and Kjell Dahlin scored twice. Gary Roberts, Mike Bullard, Colin Patterson, Hakan Loob, Al MacInnis, Chris Nilan and Joel Otto also scored.
Mike Vernon made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 11 of 15.
Scoring
1st period
Gary Roberts (6)Hakan Loob (20)0–102:54 CGY
Joe Nieuwendyk (24)Al MacInnis (22), Mike Bullard (25)0–210:01 CGY · 
Mike Bullard (22)Jim Peplinski (16), Joe Mullen (25)0–315:40 CGY
2nd period
- Joe Nieuwendyk (25)Unassisted0–402:13 CGY ·
Colin Patterson (2)Joel Otto (13), Kevan Guy (1)0–504:16 CGY- Joe Nieuwendyk (26)Gary Suter (28), Mike Bullard (26)0–619:00 CGY ·
Kjell Dahlin (6)Petr Svoboda (13)1–619:39 MTL
3rd period
Hakan Loob (21)Joe Nieuwendyk (13), Al MacInnis (23)1–708:24 CGY · - Kjell Dahlin (7)Mats Naslund (37), Chris Chelios (24)2–711:02 MTL ·
Al MacInnis (13)Mike Bullard (27), Hakan Loob (21)2–814:18 CGY
Chris Nilan (6)Shayne Corson (17), Chris Chelios (25)3–817:42 MTL
Joel Otto (4)Brett Hull (13), Brad McCrimmon (12)3–919:32 CGY
Team stats
MTLCGY
3237
0%0%
1/73/7
5748
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:03 into the first period
Ryan Walter · interference2 min - 8:02 into the first period
John Tonelli · holding2 min - 8:02 into the first periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 9:53 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodGary Roberts · delaying game2 min
- 11:08 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · delaying game2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · holding2 min
- 11:28 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodJim Peplinski · interference2 min
- 17:05 into the first periodGary Suter · holding2 min
- 0:47 into the second periodAl MacInnis · interference2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodTim Hunter · elbowing2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodTim Hunter · fighting5 min
- 12:22 into the second periodJohn Kordic · instigator2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
- 15:46 into the second periodGary Suter · holding2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodMike Lalor · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMike Vernon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodJoel Otto · high sticking2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodJoel Otto · roughing2 min
- 5:23 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodBrian Glynn · fighting5 min
- 8:02 into the third periodChris Nilan · instigator2 min
- 8:02 into the third periodChris Nilan · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · holding2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodJim Peplinski · roughing2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodJohn Kordic · fighting5 min
- 13:48 into the third periodJohn Kordic · game misconduct10 min
- 15:57 into the third periodJoe Mullen · hooking2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodTim Hunter · misconduct10 min
- 17:42 into the third periodChris Nilan · slashing2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodChris Nilan · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 15 | 4 | .733 |
| 40Vincent RiendeauG | 22 | 5 | .773 |
Calgary Flames
| 22Mike BullardC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Hakan LoobR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Colin PattersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 24Jim PeplinskiL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Kevan GuyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 4Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27John TonelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Ric NattressD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike VernonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 36Doug DadswellG | 0 | 0 | – |