Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, January 23, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, January 23, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 46–30.
Steve Gotaas scored twice. Kjell Dahlin, Ryan Walter, Brian Skrudland, Troy Loney and Charlie Simmer also scored.
Frank Pietrangelo made 43 saves on 46 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Gotaas (1)Troy Loney (9), Mark Kachowski (2)1–006:11 PIT
Kjell Dahlin (9)Bob Gainey (6), Guy Carbonneau (10)1–115:17 MTL
2nd period
Ryan Walter (9)Bobby Smith (42), Stephane Richer (21)1–207:22 MTL · 
Brian Skrudland (6)Sergio Momesso (5), Kjell Dahlin (7)1–316:54 MTL
Troy Loney (5)Dave Hunter (11), Randy Hillier (10)2–317:40 PIT
3rd period
- Steve Gotaas (2)Mark Kachowski (3), Troy Loney (10)3–302:52 PIT
Overtime
Charlie Simmer (7)Mario Lemieux (55)4–300:29 PIT
Team stats
PITMTL
3046
0%0%
0/31/5
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:32 into the first period
Sergio Momesso · slashing2 min - 12:32 into the first period
Rob Brown · interference2 min - 19:35 into the first periodPaul Coffey · holding2 min
- 2:44 into the second periodSergio Momesso · cross checking2 min
- 3:42 into the second periodMario Lemieux · hooking2 min
- 6:19 into the second periodRod Buskas · hooking2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodChris Nilan · boarding2 min
- 4:55 into the third periodRob Brown · cross checking2 min
- 9:55 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · high sticking2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodRandy Hillier · hooking2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 24Troy LoneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 16Steve GotaasC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mark KachowskiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Randy HillierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Dan QuinnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Warren YoungC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dwight MathiasenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Jock CallanderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Chris DahlquistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 5Ville SirenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rod BuskasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Gilles MelocheG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | W | 46 | 3 | .935 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 30Chris NilanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |