New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, November 16, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5–4 in overtime on Wednesday, November 16, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 28–26.
David Volek scored twice. Bob Gainey, Claude Lemieux, Pat LaFontaine, Brent Sutter, Mike Mcphee, Bobby Smith and Mats Naslund also scored.
Patrick Roy made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Bob Gainey (4)Ryan Walter (5), Guy Carbonneau (9)0–101:15 MTL
Claude Lemieux (11)Mats Naslund (15), Brian Skrudland (7)0–205:01 MTL
Pat LaFontaine (10)Unassisted1–212:53 NYI ·
2nd period
Brent Sutter (3)Unassisted2–205:29 NYI · 
Mike Mcphee (5)Claude Lemieux (8), Petr Svoboda (11)2–310:44 MTL
David Volek (4)Bob Bassen (2), Rich Pilon (8)3–317:52 NYI
3rd period
- David Volek (5)Brent Sutter (6)4–300:53 NYI ·
Bobby Smith (12)Chris Chelios (16), Mats Naslund (16)4–406:27 MTL ·
Overtime
Mats Naslund (6)Bobby Smith (10), Petr Svoboda (12)4–501:06 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2826
0%0%
2/41/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:41 into the first period
Petr Svoboda · roughing2 min - 16:08 into the first periodStephane Richer · high sticking2 min
- 2:57 into the second periodStephane Richer · tripping2 min
- 3:41 into the second period
Bryan Trottier · tripping2 min - 13:15 into the second periodTomas Jonsson · hooking2 min
- 19:02 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · hooking2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodBrad Dalgarno · holding2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 21Brent SutterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25David VolekL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Alan KerrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bryan TrottierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Mikko MakelaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Raimo HelminenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Tomas JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Ken MorrowD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Steve KonroydD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kelly HrudeyG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 31Billy SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 28 | 4 | .857 |