Montréal Canadiens vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 5, 1988 · The Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 7–6 in overtime on Saturday, March 5, 1988 at The Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Kings 39–35.
Stephane Richer scored 4 goals, Bob Gainey scored twice, Bernie Nicholls scored twice and Steve Duchesne scored twice. Paul Fenton, Claude Lemieux and Ken Hammond also scored.
Patrick Roy made 13 saves on 14 shots for the win; Roland Melanson stopped 32 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Fenton (17)Dean Kennedy (8), Larry Playfair (5)0–101:34 LAK
Stephane Richer (41)Unassisted1–102:22 MTL- Stephane Richer (42)Larry Robinson (23)2–110:50 MTL
Claude Lemieux (27)Bobby Smith (57), Craig Ludwig (10)3–110:58 MTL
Bob Gainey (10)Guy Carbonneau (21)4–112:03 MTL
2nd period
Ken Hammond (7)Jim Fox (31), Bernie Nicholls (41)4–202:27 LAK
Bernie Nicholls (28)Ron Duguay (5), Jimmy Carson (43)4–304:14 LAK · 
Steve Duchesne (10)Bernie Nicholls (42), Jim Fox (32)4–410:17 LAK- Steve Duchesne (11)Jim Fox (33), Jay Wells (23)4–518:42 LAK
3rd period
- Stephane Richer (43)Mike Mcphee (14), Mats Naslund (53)5–511:38 MTL ·
- Bob Gainey (11)Mike Lalor (5), Serge Boisvert (1)6–514:33 MTL
- Bernie Nicholls (29)Steve Duchesne (27), Luc Robitaille (45)6–617:33 LAK
Overtime
- Stephane Richer (44)Mike Mcphee (15)7–601:51 MTL
Team stats
MTLLAK
3935
0%0%
1/71/5
3436
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:37 into the first period
Luc Robitaille · holding2 min - 7:11 into the first period
Larry Robinson · interference2 min - 12:12 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · high sticking2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodRyan Walter · tripping2 min
- 13:23 into the first periodKen Hammond · tripping2 min
- 2:57 into the second periodSergio Momesso · holding2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodLarry Playfair · roughing2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodJay Wells · roughing2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · roughing2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodPhil Sykes · roughing2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodPhil Sykes · fighting5 min
- 7:02 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · roughing2 min
- 7:02 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · fighting5 min
- 7:02 into the second periodJose Charbonneau · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the second periodJimmy Carson · slashing2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · instigator2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
- 10:40 into the second periodMike Lalor · holding2 min
- 10:40 into the second periodSergio Momesso · fighting5 min
- 11:23 into the second periodDave Taylor · high sticking2 min
- 13:47 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodBrian Hayward · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodJimmy Carson · high sticking double minor4 min
- 19:07 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 10 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Serge BoisvertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Jose CharbonneauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 21 | 5 | .762 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 14 | 1 | .929 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 8Paul FentonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jimmy CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Ron DuguayC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken HammondD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Larry PlayfairD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jay WellsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Phil SykesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Bob BourneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Lyle PhairD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Roland MelansonG | L | 39 | 7 | .821 |
| 35Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – |