Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 6, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Wednesday, April 6, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 35–24.
Goals came from Randy Ladouceur, Shayne Corson, Bobby Smith, Dave Babych, Ron Francis, Chris Chelios and Stephane Richer.
Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 9 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Ladouceur (1)Ron Francis (1), Kevin Dineen (1)1–007:59 HFD
2nd period
Shayne Corson (1)Stephane Richer (1), Petr Svoboda (1)1–102:54 MTL
Bobby Smith (1)Claude Lemieux (1), Ryan Walter (1)1–204:48 MTL
3rd period
Dave Babych (1)Ron Francis (2), Kevin Dineen (2)2–200:56 HFD
Ron Francis (1)Dave Babych (1), Kevin Dineen (3)3–203:10 HFD · 
Chris Chelios (1)Mats Naslund (1), Ryan Walter (2)3–305:43 MTL · 
Stephane Richer (1)Bobby Smith (1), Larry Robinson (1)3–409:50 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
2435
0%0%
1/51/7
2116
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:00 into the first period
Paul Macdermid · slashing2 min - 3:28 into the first period
Larry Robinson · hooking2 min - 6:03 into the first periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min
- 7:38 into the first periodUlf Samuelsson · interference2 min
- 10:58 into the first periodSylvain Turgeon · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the first periodMike Mcphee · holding2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
- 17:54 into the first periodNeil Sheehy · high sticking5 min
- 4:07 into the second periodNeil Sheehy · slashing2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · slashing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · hooking2 min
- 1:25 into the third periodBob Gainey · tripping2 min
- 4:44 into the third periodBrent Peterson · holding2 min
- 6:58 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · roughing2 min
- 8:13 into the third periodChris Chelios · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 0Neil SheehyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | 24 | 2 | .917 | |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | L | 11 | 2 | .818 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Jose CharbonneauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |