Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, January 18, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–4 on Monday, January 18, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 36–30.
Stephane Richer scored twice. Bob Gainey, Bobby Smith, Kjell Dahlin, Esa Tikkanen, Chris Nilan, Jeff Beukeboom, Normand Lacombe and Dave Hannan also scored.
Patrick Roy made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 24 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (4)Guy Carbonneau (9)0–100:27 MTL
Bobby Smith (21)Sergio Momesso (4), Larry Robinson (11)0–219:49 MTL
2nd period
Kjell Dahlin (8)Claude Lemieux (24), Bobby Smith (41)0–311:12 MTL · 
Esa Tikkanen (13)Jari Kurri (34)1–311:24 EDM
Chris Nilan (7)Larry Robinson (12)1–412:14 MTL
3rd period
Jeff Beukeboom (5)Steve Smith (23)2–404:31 EDM · 
Stephane Richer (27)Ryan Walter (11), Mats Naslund (43)2–510:18 MTL
Normand Lacombe (6)Mike Krushelnyski (15), Charlie Huddy (13)3–511:29 EDM
Dave Hannan (8)Steve Smith (24), Mike Krushelnyski (16)4–511:42 EDM- Stephane Richer (28)Larry Robinson (13), Mike Mcphee (9)4–617:40 MTL
Team stats
EDMMTL
3630
0%0%
1/51/6
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:19 into the first period
Jim Wiemer · holding2 min - 16:00 into the first period
Petr Svoboda · slashing2 min - 1:52 into the second periodCraig MacTavish · roughing2 min
- 1:52 into the second periodBobby Smith · roughing2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodMike Mcphee · hooking2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · holding2 min
- 10:26 into the second periodSteve Smith · hooking2 min
- 16:15 into the second periodKevin McClelland · elbowing2 min
- 2:32 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · hooking2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodMoe Mantha · holding2 min
- 12:43 into the third periodMarty McSorley · tripping2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
- 15:29 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Normand LacombeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Moe ManthaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |