⚜️ Away Nordiques 21-22-5 before this game

2–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
QUE	1	1	0	2
HFD	1	2	0	3

Nordiques at Whalers

Whalers beat Nordiques 3–2 on January 23, 1987.

🗓 Fri, Jan 23, 1987 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Ron Francis

2 G

4 shots · +2

2nd star ⚜️ QUE

Bill Derlago

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Paul Macdermid

1 G

4 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Paul Macdermid Go-ahead 1st · 00:15

Assists: Dave Tippett, Doug Jarvis · beat Mario Gosselin

0–1

⚜️ Bill Derlago Tying 1st · 10:18

Assists: Robert Picard, David Shaw · beat Mike Liut

1–1

2nd period

🐳 Ron Francis Go-ahead 2nd · 02:21

Assists: Ulf Samuelsson · beat Mario Gosselin

1–2

⚜️ John Ogrodnick Tying 2nd · 17:48

Assists: Bill Derlago · beat Mike Liut

2–2

🐳 Ron Francis Go-ahead 2nd · 19:47

Assists: Kevin Dineen, Randy Ladouceur · beat Mario Gosselin

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚜️QUE HFD🐳

23 Shots on goal 30

13 Penalty minutes 15

QUE shooting 8.7% (2/23) HFD shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚜️Nordiques

Mario Gosselin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:07 TOI

🐳Whalers

Mike Liut

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 1st: 21-22-5 (44% win rate, 48 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 25-18-4 (53% win rate, 47 games)

After 2nd — 2–3

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Whalers lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Whalers won

Nov 1, 1986

⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD

2–2 (OT) · Nordiques won

Apr 12, 1986

⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD

4–9 · Whalers won

❓ QUE vs HFD, answered

Who won Nordiques vs Whalers on January 23, 1987?

Whalers won 3–2.

What was the final score of Nordiques vs Whalers?

The final score was Nordiques 2, Whalers 3.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Bill Derlago, John Ogrodnick.

Who scored for Whalers?

Ron Francis (2), Paul Macdermid.

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Mario Gosselin made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Nordiques vs Whalers season series?

Whalers lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Jan 20

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Jan 21

Also on January 23, 1987

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