Montréal Canadiens vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, December 8, 1988 · St. Louis Arena

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5–1

Final

SOG 23–40

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 5-1 on Thursday, December 8, 1988 at St. Louis Arena. The Blues outshot the Canadiens 40-23.

Goals came from Mike Keane, Chris Chelios, Tony Hrkac, Claude Lemieux, Stephane Richer and Bobby Smith.

Brian Hayward made 39 saves on 40 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	1	2	5	23
STL	1	0	0	1	40

Scoring

1st period

Mike Keane (7)Bobby Smith (20), Mats Naslund (22)1–003:22 MTL
Chris Chelios (4)Bobby Smith (21), Mats Naslund (23)2–009:52 MTL
Tony Hrkac (9)Unassisted2–117:07 STL

2nd period

Claude Lemieux (15)Rick Green (4)3–112:52 MTL

3rd period

Stephane Richer (8)Unassisted4–101:39 MTL
Bobby Smith (19)Petr Svoboda (14), Chris Chelios (26)5–115:13 MTL · PPG

Team stats

MTLSTL

23Shots on goal40

0%Faceoff %0%

1/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 05:11Eric Desjardins · tripping2 min
1st 12:02Craig Coxe · cross checking2 min
3rd 13:55Paul Cavallini · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

15Bobby SmithC	1	2	3	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
26Mats NaslundL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
24Chris CheliosD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	–
12Mike KeaneR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
32Claude LemieuxR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	–
44Stephane RicherR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	–
25Petr SvobodaD	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	–
6Russ CourtnallR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–
11Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Shayne CorsonL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
35Mike McpheeL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	–
39Brian SkrudlandC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	–
41Brent GilchristL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	+3	1	0	0	0	–	–
28Eric DesjardinsD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brian HaywardG	W	40	39	1	.975	60:00
33Patrick RoyG		0	0	0	–	–

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

18Tony HrkacC	1	0	1	-2	4	0	0	0	–	–
7Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	–	–
9Peter ZezelC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	–
10Tony McKegneyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–
15Craig CoxeL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	–
16Brett HullR	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	–	–
17Gino CavalliniL	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	–	–
22Rick MeagherC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	–
24Bernie FederkoC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	–
28Greg PaslawskiR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	–
32Doug EvansL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	–
2Brian BenningD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	–
4Gordie RobertsD	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0	–	–
5Dave RichterD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
6Tim BothwellD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	–
14Paul CavalliniD	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	–	–
20Tom TilleyD	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	–	–
23Gaston GingrasD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	–

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Greg MillenG	L	23	18	5	.783	60:00
30Vincent RiendeauG		0	0	0	–	–