Montréal Canadiens vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, December 5, 1991 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, December 5, 1991 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Canadiens 32-27.
Brent Gilchrist scored twice. Guy Carbonneau, Steve Thomas, Stephan Lebeau, Adam Creighton, Pierre Turgeon, David Volek and Sylvain Turgeon also scored.
Roland Melanson made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Glenn Healy stopped 6 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Brent Gilchrist (7)Mike Keane (12), J.J. Daigneault (8)1–002:45 MTL · PPG
Guy Carbonneau (10)Denis Savard (11), Sylvain Lefebvre (3)2–007:41 MTL
Steve Thomas (9)David Volek (11), Pierre Turgeon (18)2–119:25 NYI
2nd period
- Brent Gilchrist (8)Mike Keane (13), Eric Desjardins (10)3–117:17 MTL
Stephan Lebeau (11)Kirk Muller (13), Eric Desjardins (11)4–118:53 MTL
3rd period
Adam Creighton (11)Wayne Mcbean (3), Mick Vukota (1)4–205:30 NYI
Pierre Turgeon (10)David Volek (12), Steve Thomas (18)4–305:41 NYI
David Volek (4)Pierre Turgeon (19)4–407:02 NYI
OT period
Sylvain Turgeon (6)Unassisted5–402:52 MTL
Team stats
MTLNYI
27Shots on goal32
0%Faceoff %0%
1/4Power play0/2
14Penalty minutes18
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:02
Shayne Corson · roughing2 min - 1st 02:02
Rich Pilon · roughing2 min - 1st 02:02Rich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:54Mario Roberge · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:54Mick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 1st 12:54Mick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 1st 14:50Petr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 2nd 05:34Joe Reekie · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 14:55Uwe Krupp · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:28Sylvain Turgeon · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:28Dave Mcllwain · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:10Mike Keane · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:10Mathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:10Benoit Hogue · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:10Ray Ferraro · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:31Brent Gilchrist · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 20Sylvain TurgeonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 48J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 32Mario RobergeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roland MelansonG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 62:52 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
New York Islanders
| 25David VolekL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wayne McbeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 24Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 3Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Tom KurversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Steve WeeksG | 20 | 16 | 4 | .800 | 40:00 | |
| 35Glenn HealyG | L | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 22:52 |