Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, April 7, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 7–3 on Thursday, April 7, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 31–28.
Gilles Thibaudeau scored twice. Brian Skrudland, Lindsay Carson, Chris Chelios, Kevin Dineen, Claude Lemieux, Scot Kleinendorst, Bobby Smith and Kjell Dahlin also scored.
Patrick Roy made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Richard Brodeur stopped 21 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Skrudland (1)Larry Robinson (2), Kjell Dahlin (1)0–105:30 MTL
Lindsay Carson (1)Ron Francis (3)1–109:47 HFD
Chris Chelios (2)Guy Carbonneau (1), Mats Naslund (2)1–213:37 MTL
Kevin Dineen (1)Unassisted2–214:15 HFD
2nd period
Gilles Thibaudeau (1)Mats Naslund (3), Stephane Richer (2)2–302:39 MTL
Claude Lemieux (1)Mats Naslund (4), Gilles Thibaudeau (1)2–410:59 MTL
Scot Kleinendorst (1)Lindsay Carson (1), Ron Francis (4)3–412:52 HFD
3rd period
Bobby Smith (2)Ryan Walter (3)3–509:05 MTL- Gilles Thibaudeau (2)Mats Naslund (5), Stephane Richer (3)3–610:55 MTL
Kjell Dahlin (1)Mike Mcphee (1), Brian Skrudland (1)3–711:43 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
3128
0%0%
0/40/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Rick Green · hooking2 min - 12:25 into the first period
Joel Quenneville · holding2 min - 12:37 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · interference2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 14:53 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · holding2 min
- 14:59 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 16:39 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | L | 28 | 7 | .750 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 4 | 4 | +4 | 3 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 22Jose CharbonneauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |