Quebec Nordiques vs Toronto Maple Leafs

Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1988 · Maple Leaf Gardens

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1–6

30–23

Game summary

The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Quebec Nordiques 6–1 on Saturday, December 31, 1988 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Nordiques outshot the Maple Leafs 30–23.

Goals came from Walt Poddubny, Paul Gagne, Al Iafrate, Daniel Marois, Craig Laughlin, Luke Richardson and Tim Armstrong.

Allan Bester made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mario Gosselin stopped 17 of 23.

Goals
QUE	1	0	0	1	30
TOR	1	2	3	6	23

Scoring

1st period

Walt Poddubny (26)Unassisted1–009:14 QUE
Paul Gagne (3)Eddie Olczyk (26), Gary Leeman (19)1–117:17 TOR

2nd period

Al Iafrate (5)Vincent Damphousse (20), Tom Fergus (16)1–207:22 TOR
Daniel Marois (13)Vincent Damphousse (21), Tom Fergus (17)1–317:14 TOR ·

3rd period

Craig Laughlin (6)Dave Reid (11), Dan Daoust (4)1–410:02 TOR
Luke Richardson (1)Gary Leeman (20), Eddie Olczyk (27)1–510:17 TOR
Tim Armstrong (1)Derek Laxdal (6), Mark Osborne (17)1–616:25 TOR

Team stats

QUETOR

3023

0%0%

0/51/3

4327

Penalties

4:57 into the first periodMike Hough · roughing2 min
4:57 into the first periodTom Fergus · roughing2 min
13:35 into the first periodMichel Goulet · elbowing2 min
13:35 into the first periodBrad Marsh · roughing2 min
13:58 into the first periodDerek Laxdal · holding2 min
1:06 into the second periodBrad Marsh · interference2 min
7:52 into the second periodTim Armstrong · hooking2 min
9:38 into the second periodMario Marois · hooking2 min
11:15 into the second periodMike Hough · cross checking2 min
16:08 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · high sticking2 min
16:08 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · high sticking2 min
16:40 into the second periodWalt Poddubny · hooking2 min
17:33 into the second periodTrevor Stienburg · fighting5 min
17:33 into the second periodCraig Laughlin · fighting5 min
4:09 into the third periodBrad Marsh · holding2 min
19:06 into the third periodJacques Mailhot · misconduct10 min
19:26 into the third periodPaul Gillis · cross checking2 min
19:26 into the third periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
19:26 into the third periodRobert Picard · roughing2 min
19:26 into the third periodTrevor Stienburg · misconduct10 min
19:26 into the third periodMark Osborne · roughing2 min
19:26 into the third periodLuke Richardson · cross checking2 min
19:26 into the third periodLuke Richardson · roughing2 min
19:26 into the third periodLuke Richardson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Quebec Nordiques

Quebec Nordiques skaters

75Walt PoddubnyL	1	1	0	4	2	–	–
11Iiro JarviR	0	0	−1	2	0	–	–
14Gaetan DuchesneL	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
16Michel GouletL	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
17Trevor StienburgR	0	0	−2	0	15	–	–
18Mike HoughL	0	0	−1	0	4	–	–
19Alain CoteL	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
20Anton StastnyL	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
23Paul GillisC	0	0	−3	0	4	–	–
26Peter StastnyC	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
28Jacques MailhotL	0	0	0	0	10	–	–
88Joe SakicC	0	0	−1	4	0	–	–
21Randy MollerD	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
22Jeff BrownD	0	0	−2	6	0	–	–
24Robert PicardD	0	0	−1	2	2	–	–
29Steven FinnD	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
44Mario MaroisD	0	0	−1	3	2	–	–
46Curtis LeschyshynD	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–

Quebec Nordiques goalies
Goalie
1Bob MasonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Mario GosselinG	L	23	17	6	.739	60:00

Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs skaters

10Vincent DamphousseC	0	2	2	0	2	0	–	–
11Gary LeemanR	0	2	2	+2	2	0	–	–
16Eddie OlczykR	0	2	2	+2	3	2	–	–
19Tom FergusC	0	2	2	0	0	2	–	–
8Tim ArmstrongC	1	0	1	+1	2	2	–	–
12Mark OsborneL	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
14Dave ReidL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
18Craig LaughlinR	1	0	1	+1	2	5	–	–
24Dan DaoustC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
32Daniel MaroisR	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
35Derek LaxdalR	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
41Paul GagneL	1	0	1	+2	2	0	–	–
2Luke RichardsonD	1	0	1	+3	3	6	–	–
33Al IafrateD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	–	–
3Brad MarshD	0	0	0	−1	0	6	–	–
4Rick LanzD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–
21Borje SalmingD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
26Chris KotsopoulosD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	–	–

Toronto Maple Leafs goalies
Goalie
30Allan BesterG	W	30	29	1	.967	60:00
31Ken WreggetG		0	0	0	–	–