New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 21, 1989 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 on Saturday, October 21, 1989 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 36–27.
John MacLean scored twice and Stephan Lebeau scored twice. Petr Svoboda, Stephane Richer, Janne Ojanen, Brendan Shanahan and Peter Sundstrom also scored.
Sean Burke made 32 saves on 36 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Petr Svoboda (2)Mike Keane (4), Ryan Walter (3)0–105:21 MTL
Stephane Richer (3)Chris Chelios (2), Petr Svoboda (4)0–210:29 MTL · 
John MacLean (4)Viacheslav Fetisov (5), Mark Johnson (3)1–215:02 NJD ·
2nd period
Stephan Lebeau (5)Craig Ludwig (2)1–300:24 MTL
Janne Ojanen (3)David Maley (2)2–301:22 NJD
Brendan Shanahan (2)Patrik Sundstrom (4), Bruce Driver (3)3–307:48 NJD- Stephan Lebeau (6)Stephane Richer (8), Shayne Corson (4)3–411:53 MTL
3rd period
Peter Sundstrom (1)David Maley (3)4–402:30 NJD- John MacLean (5)Patrik Sundstrom (5), Brendan Shanahan (6)5–406:48 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDMTL
2736
0%0%
2/41/5
1018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:40 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · holding2 min - 13:32 into the first period
Ryan Walter · holding2 min - 18:06 into the first periodJohn MacLean · interference2 min
- 2:24 into the second periodRandy Velischek · hooking2 min
- 5:42 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · slashing2 min
- 11:53 into the second periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · tripping2 min
- 5:01 into the third periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 6:48 into the third periodChris Chelios · misconduct10 min
- 12:07 into the third periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 8David MaleyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Patrik SundstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 12Mark JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Peter SundstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 22Janne OjanenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Bruce DriverD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Aaron BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Sylvain TurgeonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Walt PoddubnyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Sergei StarikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Mark PedersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 31Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Martin DesjardinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 45Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |