Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 10, 1988 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–5 on Sunday, April 10, 1988 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 43–31.
Stephane Richer scored twice, Dave Babych scored twice and Kevin Dineen scored twice. Dean Evason, Bobby Smith, Ryan Walter, Stew Gavin, Scott Young and Gilles Thibaudeau also scored.
Mike Liut made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 36 of 43.
Scoring
1st period
Stephane Richer (3)Unassisted1–003:22 MTL
Dean Evason (1)Torrie Robertson (1), Kevin Dineen (4)1–104:17 HFD
Dave Babych (2)Carey Wilson (3), Paul Macdermid (3)1–208:29 HFD
2nd period
- Stephane Richer (4)Bobby Smith (2), Claude Lemieux (2)2–213:17 MTL
3rd period
- Dave Babych (3)Scot Kleinendorst (1)2–300:59 HFD
Bobby Smith (3)Kjell Dahlin (2), Stephane Richer (4)3–304:06 MTL · 
Ryan Walter (2)Mike Mcphee (2), Stephane Richer (5)4–305:02 MTL · 
Kevin Dineen (2)Lindsay Carson (2), Randy Ladouceur (1)4–411:20 HFD
Stew Gavin (2)Carey Wilson (4), Paul Macdermid (4)4–514:23 HFD- Kevin Dineen (3)Dave Babych (2), Sylvain Cote (1)4–617:05 HFD ·
Scott Young (1)Joel Quenneville (1), Dean Evason (1)4–717:54 HFD
Gilles Thibaudeau (3)Serge Boisvert (1)5–719:30 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLHFD
3143
0%0%
3/61/3
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:47 into the first period
Torrie Robertson · elbowing2 min - 10:44 into the first period
Bobby Smith · interference2 min - 16:15 into the first periodCarey Wilson · tripping2 min
- 0:29 into the second periodJose Charbonneau · tripping2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodPaul Macdermid · high sticking2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodTorrie Robertson · roughing2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodSergio Momesso · roughing2 min
- 1:18 into the third periodPaul Macdermid · slashing2 min
- 1:18 into the third periodStephane Richer · slashing2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodSylvain Cote · high sticking2 min
- 3:19 into the third periodSylvain Cote · high sticking2 min
- 16:04 into the third periodStephane Richer · roughing2 min
- 19:23 into the third periodDave Tippett · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Serge BoisvertR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 20Kjell DahlinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Jose CharbonneauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 36Sergio MomessoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 38Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 43 | 7 | .837 |
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 7Stew GavinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 18Scot KleinendorstC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Lindsay CarsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Torrie RobertsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 31Richard BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – |