Quebec Nordiques vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, January 24, 1990 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Quebec Nordiques 7–3 on Wednesday, January 24, 1990 at Montreal Forum. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 38–18.
Russ Courtnall scored twice. Guy Carbonneau, Ken Mcrae, Ryan Walter, Todd Ewen, Michel Goulet, Mats Naslund, Shayne Corson and Claude Loiselle also scored.
Brian Hayward made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Greg Millen stopped 31 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Guy Carbonneau (12)Ryan Walter (9)0–105:14 MTL · 
Russ Courtnall (13)Craig Ludwig (9), Chris Chelios (22)0–219:40 MTL
2nd period
Ken Mcrae (3)Darin Kimble (4), Tony McKegney (7)1–202:46 QUE
Ryan Walter (7)Russ Courtnall (16), Guy Carbonneau (15)1–309:30 MTL
Todd Ewen (2)Mike Keane (13), Shayne Corson (21)1–417:34 MTL
Michel Goulet (13)Joe Sakic (33), Lucien DeBlois (4)2–418:18 QUE
3rd period
Mats Naslund (16)Stephane Richer (30), Petr Svoboda (15)2–503:15 MTL · 
Shayne Corson (21)Todd Ewen (3)2–604:03 MTL
Claude Loiselle (9)Jeff Jackson (8)3–616:06 QUE · - Russ Courtnall (14)Eric Desjardins (6)3–717:43 MTL
Team stats
QUEMTL
1838
0%0%
0/61/9
4135
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:32 into the first period
Todd Ewen · elbowing2 min - 8:37 into the first periodTodd Ewen · roughing2 min
- 8:37 into the first period
Darin Kimble · roughing2 min - 8:37 into the first periodDarin Kimble · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodSteve Martinson · fighting5 min
- 12:51 into the first periodKen Mcrae · fighting5 min
- 13:18 into the first periodStephane Richer · roughing2 min
- 13:18 into the first periodPaul Gillis · roughing2 min
- 14:51 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 18:10 into the first periodLucien DeBlois · high sticking2 min
- 19:09 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · slashing2 min
- 11:59 into the second periodSteve Martinson · fighting5 min
- 11:59 into the second periodMario Marois · instigator2 min
- 11:59 into the second periodMario Marois · fighting5 min
- 12:34 into the second periodClaude Loiselle · slashing2 min
- 1:24 into the third periodCraig Ludwig · slashing2 min
- 1:24 into the third periodJoe Sakic · slashing2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodTony McKegney · hooking2 min
- 6:12 into the third periodGuy Carbonneau · tripping2 min
- 8:12 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · holding2 min
- 9:01 into the third periodTony McKegney · interference2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodJeff Jackson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:03 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodTodd Ewen · boarding2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodTodd Ewen · fighting5 min
- 14:47 into the third periodDarin Kimble · instigator2 min
- 14:47 into the third periodDarin Kimble · fighting5 min
- 14:47 into the third periodJoe Sakic · slashing2 min
- 19:14 into the third periodStephane Richer · hooking2 min
Season series
Quebec Nordiques
| 12Ken McraeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Darin KimbleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Michel GouletL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Jeff JacksonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Lucien DeBloisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Peter StastnyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg SmythD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Mario MaroisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Greg MillenG | L | 38 | 7 | .816 |
| 34Sergei MylnikovG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mats NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 17Craig LudwigD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Steve MartinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian HaywardG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |