Montréal Canadiens vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Monday, February 15, 1988 · Madison Square Garden

1–3

23–31

Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Monday, February 15, 1988 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Canadiens 31–23.

Goals came from Walt Poddubny, Michel Petit, Rick Green and Don Maloney.

Bob Froese made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Brian Hayward stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
MTL	0	0	1	1	23
NYR	0	2	1	3	31

Scoring

2nd period

Walt Poddubny (34)Ulf Dahlen (12)0–107:11 NYR
Michel Petit (4)Norm MacIver (12), Lucien DeBlois (16)0–215:38 NYR

3rd period

Rick Green (2)Mats Naslund (49)1–206:59 MTL ·
Don Maloney (7)Unassisted1–308:06 NYR

Team stats

MTLNYR

2331

0%0%

1/90/9

3131

Penalties

3:53 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
3:53 into the first periodJari Gronstrand · roughing2 min
4:17 into the first periodMats Naslund · tripping2 min
7:44 into the first periodLarry Robinson · cross checking2 min
7:44 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
7:44 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
8:53 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · slashing2 min
11:53 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · slashing2 min
12:24 into the first periodStephane Richer · holding2 min
17:09 into the first periodMarcel Dionne · tripping2 min
19:58 into the first periodKelly Kisio · high sticking double minor4 min
7:45 into the second periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
9:36 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
10:41 into the second periodJohn Ogrodnick · interference2 min
12:24 into the second periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
12:24 into the second periodMichel Petit · high sticking2 min
18:08 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking2 min
18:08 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · instigator2 min
18:08 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · fighting5 min
18:08 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · high sticking2 min
18:08 into the second periodTomas Sandstrom · fighting5 min
4:53 into the third periodMarcel Dionne · holding2 min
6:27 into the third periodLucien DeBlois · hooking2 min
11:25 into the third periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
11:25 into the third periodPaul Cyr · roughing2 min
13:40 into the third periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
15:30 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

26Mats NaslundL	0	1	1	−2	1	2	–	–
5Rick GreenD	1	0	1	−1	7	0	–	–
11Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
15Bobby SmithC	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
20Kjell DahlinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Shayne CorsonL	0	0	0	−2	0	4	–	–
31John KordicR	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
32Claude LemieuxR	0	0	0	0	3	9	–	–
36Sergio MomessoL	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
39Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	0	3	6	–	–
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
17Craig LudwigD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
25Petr SvobodaD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
28Larry TraderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
38Mike LalorD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Brian HaywardG	L	31	28	3	.903	60:00
33Patrick RoyG		0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

8Walt PoddubnyL	1	0	1	+1	4	0	–	–
9Ulf DahlenR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
12Don MaloneyL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	–	–
23Lucien DeBloisC	0	1	1	+2	1	4	–	–
24Michel PetitD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	–	–
37Norm MacIverD	0	1	1	+3	2	0	–	–
11Kelly KisioC	0	0	0	0	3	4	–	–
16Marcel DionneC	0	0	0	0	2	4	–	–
19Brian MullenR	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
20Jan ErixonL	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
22Paul CyrL	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
25John OgrodnickL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	–	–
27Joe PatersonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Tomas SandstromR	0	0	0	0	5	9	–	–
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
5Jari GronstrandD	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
21David ShawD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
29Bruce BellD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie
33Bob FroeseG	W	23	22	1	.957	60:00
34John VanbiesbrouckG		0	0	0	–	–