Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, December 21, 1988 · Montreal Forum

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4–6

30–32

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–4 on Wednesday, December 21, 1988 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 32–30.

Walt Poddubny scored twice and Brian Skrudland scored twice. Russ Courtnall, Michel Goulet, Mike Mcphee, Mats Naslund, Joe Sakic and Claude Lemieux also scored.

Brian Hayward made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Bob Mason stopped 11 of 16.

Goals
QUE	2	1	1	4	30
MTL	2	4	0	6	32

Scoring

1st period

Russ Courtnall (7)Bobby Smith (24), Mats Naslund (26)0–100:57 MTL
Walt Poddubny (21)Mario Marois (4), Marc Fortier (11)1–105:38 QUE
Michel Goulet (13)Peter Stastny (23), Jeff Brown (23)2–110:54 QUE ·
Mike Mcphee (12)Brian Skrudland (15), Chris Chelios (30)2–216:28 MTL ·

2nd period

Mats Naslund (15)Unassisted2–301:47 MTL
Brian Skrudland (4)Mike Mcphee (11), Chris Chelios (31)2–401:56 MTL
Brian Skrudland (5)Chris Chelios (32), Mike Mcphee (12)2–502:33 MTL
Joe Sakic (17)Gaetan Duchesne (10), Marc Fortier (12)3–503:54 QUE
Claude Lemieux (18)Chris Chelios (33), Mats Naslund (27)3–606:01 MTL ·

3rd period

Walt Poddubny (22)Michel Goulet (16), Jeff Brown (24)4–613:32 QUE ·

Team stats

QUEMTL

3032

0%0%

2/52/4

2830

Penalties

3:28 into the first periodMike Mcphee · roughing2 min
3:28 into the first periodMike Mcphee · roughing2 min
3:28 into the first periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
9:58 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
11:51 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · holding2 min
15:16 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
19:47 into the first periodRyan Walter · roughing2 min
19:47 into the first periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
5:40 into the second periodIiro Jarvi · slashing2 min
19:32 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · roughing2 min
19:32 into the second periodRobert Picard · cross checking2 min
19:32 into the second periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
0:56 into the third periodLarry Robinson · roughing2 min
0:56 into the third periodJeff Jackson · roughing2 min
1:17 into the third periodRyan Walter · holding2 min
1:32 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · high sticking2 min
3:22 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:22 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · misconduct10 min
3:22 into the third periodMichel Goulet · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
3:22 into the third periodMario Marois · misconduct10 min
12:09 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min

Season series

Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques skaters

9Marc FortierC	0	2	2	+1	4	0	–	–
16Michel GouletL	1	1	2	−3	4	2	–	–
75Walt PoddubnyL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	–	–
22Jeff BrownD	0	2	2	0	7	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	–
26Peter StastnyC	0	1	1	−3	4	0	–	–
88Joe SakicC	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
44Mario MaroisD	0	1	1	0	1	10	–	–
11Iiro JarviR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
18Mike HoughL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
19Alain CoteL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
20Anton StastnyL	0	0	0	−3	0	0	–	–
23Paul GillisC	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
25Jeff JacksonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
21Randy MollerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	0	0	−2	1	6	–	–
29Steven FinnD	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	–
46Curtis LeschyshynD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–

Quebec Nordiques goalies
Goalie
1Bob MasonG	L	16	11	5	.688	22:21
33Mario GosselinG		16	15	1	.938	36:34

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

24Chris CheliosD	0	4	4	+2	2	0	–	–
26Mats NaslundL	1	2	3	+2	4	0	–	–
35Mike McpheeL	1	2	3	+2	3	4	–	–
39Brian SkrudlandC	2	1	3	+1	4	0	–	–
6Russ CourtnallR	1	0	1	+2	6	0	–	–
15Bobby SmithC	0	1	1	+2	1	0	–	–
32Claude LemieuxR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	–	–
11Ryan WalterC	0	0	0	−1	2	4	–	–
21Guy CarbonneauC	0	0	0	0	1	4	–	–
23Bob GaineyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
27Shayne CorsonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
29Gilles ThibaudeauC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
41Brent GilchristL	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
5Rick GreenD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
17Craig LudwigD	0	0	0	+2	0	14	–	–
19Larry RobinsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	–	–
25Petr SvobodaD	0	0	0	0	4	2	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
1Brian HaywardG	W	30	26	4	.867	60:00
33Patrick RoyG		0	0	0	–	–