Minnesota North Stars vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 8, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Minnesota North Stars 4–3 on Saturday, October 8, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the North Stars 35–30.
Goals came from Mats Naslund, Gilles Thibaudeau, Bobby Smith, Brian MacLellan, Stephane Richer, Brian Bellows and Dusan Pasek.
Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jarmo Myllys stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Mats Naslund (1)Chris Chelios (1), Bobby Smith (1)0–109:58 MTL · 
Gilles Thibaudeau (1)Chris Chelios (2), Eric Desjardins (1)0–211:55 MTL ·
2nd period
Bobby Smith (2)Larry Robinson (1), Mats Naslund (1)0–308:03 MTL
Brian MacLellan (1)Curt Fraser (1), Dusan Pasek (2)1–311:29 MNS ·
3rd period
Stephane Richer (1)Gilles Thibaudeau (1), Larry Robinson (2)1–411:06 MTL · 
Brian Bellows (1)Craig Hartsburg (2), Brian MacLellan (1)2–412:03 MNS
Dusan Pasek (1)Stew Gavin (1), Mark Hardy (1)3–416:24 MNS
Team stats
MNSMTL
3035
0%0%
1/63/9
2447
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:23 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · high sticking2 min - 3:56 into the first period
Stew Gavin · holding2 min - 9:32 into the first periodLink Gaetz · interference2 min
- 11:24 into the first periodCurt Fraser · roughing2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodStephane Richer · elbowing2 min
- 12:46 into the first periodStephane Richer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodMark Hardy · high sticking2 min
- 0:27 into the second periodBob Rouse · cross checking2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · holding2 min
- 3:36 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · cross checking5 min
- 3:36 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · game misconduct10 min
- 6:18 into the second periodBrian Bellows · hooking2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodRichard Zemlak · cross checking2 min
- 10:02 into the second periodGilles Thibaudeau · tripping2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:19 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
- 12:19 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · game misconduct10 min
- 16:25 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · slashing2 min
- 16:25 into the second periodShayne Corson · slashing2 min
- 16:41 into the second periodStew Gavin · interference2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodBob Rouse · hooking2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodLink Gaetz · hooking2 min
Season series
Minnesota North Stars
| 22Dusan PasekC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Stew GavinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Curt FraserL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 4Craig HartsburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Mark HardyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Marc HabscheidC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Wally SchreiberR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard ZemlakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 31Larry DepalmaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Dean KolstadD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Link GaetzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kari TakkoG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jarmo MyllysG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 31John KordicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |