🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 22-12-4 before this game
3–6
Final
⚜️ Home Nordiques 17-15-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1023
QUE 1326

Canadiens at Nordiques

Nordiques beat Canadiens 6–3 on December 30, 1986.

🗓 Tue, Dec 30, 1986 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Nordiques lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚜️ QUE
Michel Goulet
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star ⚜️ QUE
Brent Ashton
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star ⚜️ QUE
Peter Stastny
2 A
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Chris Chelios PP Go-ahead 1st · 06:39
Assists: Mats Naslund, Ryan Walter · beat Clint Malarchuk
1–0
⚜️ Michel Goulet PP Tying 1st · 12:42
Assists: Brent Ashton, Peter Stastny · beat Patrick Roy
1–1
2nd period
⚜️ Jason Lafreniere Go-ahead 2nd · 07:53
Assists: Alain Cote, Pat Price · beat Patrick Roy
1–2
⚜️ Gilbert Delorme 2nd · 08:43
Assists: Alain Cote, Paul Gillis · beat Patrick Roy
1–3
⚜️ Trevor Stienburg 2nd · 10:12
Assists: Peter Stastny · beat Patrick Roy
1–4
3rd period
🇨🇦 Craig Ludwig 3rd · 03:38
Assists: Kjell Dahlin, Bobby Smith · beat Clint Malarchuk
2–4
⚜️ Brent Ashton 3rd · 08:07
Assists: Mark Kumpel, Michel Goulet · beat Patrick Roy
2–5
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer PP 3rd · 10:15
Assists: Kjell Dahlin, Chris Chelios · beat Clint Malarchuk
3–5
⚜️ Michel Goulet Empty net 3rd · 19:57
Unassisted
3–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL QUE⚜️
25 Shots on goal 24
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
72 Penalty minutes 70
MTL shooting 12.0% (3/25) QUE shooting 25.0% (6/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:26 TOI
⚜️Nordiques
Clint Malarchuk
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 22-12-4 (58% win rate, 38 games)
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 1st: 17-15-5 (46% win rate, 37 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Nordiques
Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Nordiques lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 25, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
1–2 · Nordiques won
Nov 12, 1986
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · Canadiens won
Mar 17, 1986
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
8–6 · Nordiques won
Feb 5, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
2–3 · Nordiques won
Jan 29, 1986
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs QUE, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Nordiques on December 30, 1986?

Nordiques won 6–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Nordiques?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Nordiques 6.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Chris Chelios, Craig Ludwig, Stephane Richer.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Michel Goulet (2), Brent Ashton, Gilbert Delorme, Jason Lafreniere, Trevor Stienburg.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Nordiques season series?

Nordiques lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 27
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–6 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 31
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
⚜️Nordiques
Previous game · Dec 27
😈NJD @ ⚜️QUE
2–2 · NJD won
Next game · Dec 31
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · MTL won
Also on December 30, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
3–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🐧PIT
5–3 final
🔥CGY @ 😈NJD
4–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🏝️NYI
5–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🎵STL
3–4 final
🔔PHI @ 👑LAK
1–4 final
🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN
7–3 final
Canadiens season page Nordiques season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule