Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 1990 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 4–3 on Wednesday, December 5, 1990 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 25–24.
Goals came from Denis Savard, Mike Keane, Doug Crossman, Russ Courtnall, Ron Francis, Todd Krygier and Stephane Richer.
Jean Claude Bergeron made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Peter Sidorkiewicz stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Denis Savard (9)Tom Chorske (3), Donald Dufresne (9)1–001:41 MTL
Mike Keane (7)Stephan Lebeau (12), Mark Pederson (8)2–011:08 MTL
2nd period
Doug Crossman (3)Kevin Dineen (14), Ron Francis (13)2–105:56 HFD · 
Russ Courtnall (8)Guy Carbonneau (7), Benoit Brunet (1)3–111:18 MTL
Ron Francis (10)Scott Young (7)3–219:59 HFD
3rd period
Todd Krygier (4)Scott Young (8), Mike Tomlak (2)3–309:43 HFD
Stephane Richer (12)Brian Skrudland (9), Eric Desjardins (5)4–315:37 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
2425
0%0%
0/21/4
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:50 into the first period
Ed Kastelic · roughing2 min - 2:50 into the first periodTodd Krygier · misconduct10 min
- 2:50 into the first period
Lyle Odelein · roughing2 min - 2:50 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
- 1:51 into the second periodTom Chorske · roughing2 min
- 5:08 into the second periodStephane Richer · high sticking2 min
- 8:34 into the second periodMike Tomlak · holding2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodDonald Dufresne · holding2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mark PedersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 31Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Jean Claude BergeronG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Hartford Whalers
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott YoungR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Todd KrygierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Mike TomlakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug CrossmanD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Dean EvasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Paul CyrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Ed KastelicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 47Michel PicardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Randy LadouceurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Brad ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 36Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Peter SidorkiewiczG | L | 24 | 4 | .833 |
| 31Daryl ReaughG | 0 | 0 | – |