🏝️ Away Islanders 37-26-7 before this game

0–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 38-25-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	0
MTL	0	2	1	3

Islanders at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Islanders 3–0 at Bell Centre on March 16, 1987.

🗓 Mon, Mar 16, 1987 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Chris Chelios

2 A

1 shots · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Claude Lemieux

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Ryan Walter

1 G

2 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🇨🇦 Gaston Gingras PP Go-ahead 2nd · 03:45

Assists: Mats Naslund, Chris Chelios · beat Billy Smith

0–1

🇨🇦 Ryan Walter 2nd · 17:02

Assists: Guy Carbonneau, Chris Nilan · beat Billy Smith

0–2

3rd period

🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux 3rd · 08:54

Assists: Chris Chelios, Brian Skrudland · beat Billy Smith

0–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI MTL🇨🇦

23 Shots on goal 21

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6

16 Penalty minutes 14

NYI shooting 0.0% (0/23) MTL shooting 14.3% (3/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Billy Smith

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 37-26-7 (53% win rate, 70 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 38-25-8 (54% win rate, 71 games)

After 2nd — 0–2

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs MTL, answered

Who won Islanders vs Canadiens on March 16, 1987?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Canadiens?

The final score was Islanders 0, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Claude Lemieux, Gaston Gingras, Ryan Walter.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Billy Smith made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Islanders vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Canadiens season series?

Islanders 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

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