Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Playoffs · Saturday, April 9, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Saturday, April 9, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 33–27.
Goals came from Stew Gavin, Stephane Richer, Sylvain Cote, Craig Ludwig, Mike Mcphee, Ryan Walter and Carey Wilson.
Patrick Roy made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 23 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Stew Gavin (1)Paul Macdermid (1), Carey Wilson (1)0–102:06 HFD
Stephane Richer (2)Mats Naslund (6), Petr Svoboda (2)1–109:21 MTL ·
2nd period
Sylvain Cote (1)Stew Gavin (1), Carey Wilson (2)1–206:31 HFD · 
Craig Ludwig (1)Guy Carbonneau (2), Bob Gainey (1)2–208:33 MTL
Mike Mcphee (1)Sergio Momesso (1), Rick Green (1)3–209:32 MTL
Ryan Walter (1)Mats Naslund (7), Larry Robinson (3)4–213:52 MTL ·
3rd period
Carey Wilson (1)Paul Macdermid (2), Ray Ferraro (1)4–306:34 HFD ·
Team stats
MTLHFD
2733
0%0%
2/52/5
2020
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · roughing2 min - 3:03 into the first period
Sergio Momesso · roughing2 min - 3:35 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · roughing2 min
- 6:36 into the first periodDean Evason · holding2 min
- 8:41 into the first periodRandy Ladouceur · cross checking2 min
- 18:35 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 19:15 into the first periodKevin Dineen · hooking2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodSylvain Turgeon · roughing2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodBob Gainey · roughing2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodGilles Thibaudeau · hooking2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · roughing2 min
- 7:00 into the second periodBobby Smith · elbowing2 min
- 11:57 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 16:44 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 19:25 into the second periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 4:53 into the third periodBobby Smith · hooking2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodRon Francis · slashing2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodChris Chelios · slashing2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 33Carey WilsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 27 | 4 | .852 |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |