Montréal Canadiens vs Quebec Nordiques
Regular season · Tuesday, December 18, 1990 · Le Colisée
Game summary
The Quebec Nordiques beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–4 on Tuesday, December 18, 1990 at Le Colisée. The Canadiens outshot the Nordiques 39–28.
Goals came from Stephane Richer, Sylvain Turgeon, Steven Finn, Petr Svoboda, Bryan Fogarty, Randy Velischek, Tony Hrkac, Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin and Tom Chorske.
Ron Tugnutt made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Jean Claude Bergeron stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Stephane Richer (14)Mathieu Schneider (12), Denis Savard (18)1–006:52 MTL · 
Sylvain Turgeon (1)Stephane Richer (11), Denis Savard (19)2–010:57 MTL
Steven Finn (4)Owen Nolan (3), Tony McKegney (11)2–112:55 QUE
2nd period
Petr Svoboda (1)Mathieu Schneider (13), Mark Pederson (13)3–103:19 MTL · 
Bryan Fogarty (8)Joe Sakic (25), Joe Cirella (7)3–205:21 QUE · 
Randy Velischek (1)Claude Loiselle (8)3–316:22 QUE
3rd period
Tony Hrkac (6)Unassisted3–402:58 QUE
Joe Sakic (21)Mike Hough (6), Mats Sundin (18)3–505:38 QUE
Mats Sundin (10)Craig Wolanin (7), Joe Sakic (26)3–615:38 QUE
Tom Chorske (6)Mark Pederson (14), Sylvain Lefebvre (11)4–616:42 MTL
Team stats
MTLQUE
3928
0%0%
2/81/3
1323
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Tony McKegney · tripping2 min - 4:45 into the first period
Lyle Odelein · fighting5 min - 4:45 into the first periodDan Vincelette · fighting5 min
- 5:36 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · high sticking2 min
- 14:21 into the first periodRandy Velischek · holding2 min
- 14:42 into the first periodSylvain Turgeon · roughing2 min
- 1:23 into the second periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · high sticking2 min
- 7:12 into the second periodGuy Lafleur · hooking2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · charging2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodTom Chorske · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodSteven Finn · cross checking2 min
- 18:44 into the second periodSteven Finn · high sticking2 min
- 18:40 into the third periodCraig Wolanin · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Mark PedersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 8 | – |
| 31Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 39Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37Jean Claude BergeronG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 40Andre RacicotG | 7 | 1 | .857 |
Quebec Nordiques
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 13Mats SundinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Tony McKegneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Claude LoiselleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 40Tony HrkacC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Randy VelischekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Bryan FogartyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Guy LafleurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Dan VinceletteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Paul GillisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Stephane MorinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Jamie BakerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ron TugnuttG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 30Scott GordonG | 0 | 0 | – |