Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 19, 1988 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 2–1 on Monday, December 19, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 29–23.
Goals came from Claude Lemieux, Kevin Dineen and Guy Carbonneau.
Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (17)Larry Robinson (9), Brian Skrudland (14)0–104:38 MTL
2nd period
Kevin Dineen (17)Ron Francis (22), Scott Young (20)1–101:10 HFD · 
Guy Carbonneau (13)Unassisted1–217:17 MTL
Team stats
HFDMTL
2329
0%0%
1/40/6
158
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:22 into the first period
Grant Jennings · charging5 min - 18:33 into the first periodBrent Peterson · hooking2 min
- 19:35 into the first period
Claude Lemieux · hooking2 min - 19:35 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodTom Martin · tripping2 min
- 6:57 into the second periodStephane Richer · slashing2 min
- 8:22 into the second periodRay Ferraro · interference2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodRyan Walter · interference2 min
- 2:56 into the third periodTom Martin · charging2 min
- 10:15 into the third periodTom Martin · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mark ReedsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Tom MartinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Carey WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Allan TuerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Bob GaineyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Rick GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |