Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 4, 1989 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 6–1 on Saturday, March 4, 1989 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 39–23.
Goals came from Brian Lawton, Stephane Richer, Guy Carbonneau, Ryan Walter, Claude Lemieux, Mats Naslund and Bobby Smith.
Brian Hayward made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mike Liut stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Lawton (17)Ron Francis (40), Scott Young (34)0–115:40 HFD · 
Stephane Richer (23)Chris Chelios (45)1–117:53 MTL ·
2nd period
Guy Carbonneau (21)Russ Courtnall (13), Larry Robinson (20)2–110:18 MTL · 
Ryan Walter (14)Russ Courtnall (14), Craig Ludwig (11)3–111:28 MTL
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (25)Brent Gilchrist (11), Brian Skrudland (24)4–102:17 MTL
Mats Naslund (27)Russ Courtnall (15)5–105:51 MTL
Bobby Smith (29)Mike Keane (15), Mats Naslund (47)6–112:17 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
3923
0%0%
2/71/6
1629
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Ulf Samuelsson · slashing2 min - 5:58 into the first periodBrent Peterson · roughing2 min
- 5:58 into the first period
Chris Chelios · holding2 min - 12:06 into the first periodRyan Walter · kneeing2 min
- 13:59 into the first periodChris Chelios · high sticking2 min
- 14:12 into the first periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 14:12 into the first periodKevin Dineen · spearing5 min
- 14:12 into the first periodKevin Dineen · game misconduct10 min
- 14:12 into the first periodCraig Ludwig · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the first periodDonald Dufresne · tripping2 min
- 2:07 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodRay Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodRandy Ladouceur · high sticking2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodJoel Quenneville · cross checking2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodDave Tippett · slashing2 min
- 2:41 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 6:13 into the third periodEric Desjardins · boarding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Bobby SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 19Larry RobinsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Gilles ThibaudeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 23 | 1 | .957 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Brian LawtonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 14Don MaloneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dave TippettL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent PetersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 23Paul MacdermidR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Joel QuennevilleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Grant JenningsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike LiutG | L | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | 0 | 0 | – |