3–2

Final / OT

MTL leads 4–3

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
MTL	2	0	0	1	3
QUE	1	1	0	0	2

Canadiens at Nordiques — Second Round Game 4

Canadiens, Second Round Game 4, beat Nordiques 3–2 in overtime on April 26, 1987.

🗓 Sun, Apr 26, 1987 · 18:30 CDT 🏒 1986-87 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

QUE vs MTL · MTL leads 4–3 Full series →

Game 4

3–2

OT · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mats Naslund

2 G

2 shots · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mike Mcphee

1 G

1 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Claude Lemieux

1 A

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund PP Go-ahead 1st · 00:18

Assists: Claude Lemieux, Bobby Smith

1–0

🇨🇦 Mike Mcphee 1st · 02:47

Assists: Guy Carbonneau, Larry Robinson

2–0

⚜️ John Ogrodnick 1st · 19:20

Assists: Paul Gillis, Lane Lambert

2–1

2nd period

⚜️ Anton Stastny Tying 2nd · 05:30

Assists: Peter Stastny, Mike Hough

2–2

Overtime

🇨🇦 Mats Naslund Go-ahead OT · 05:30

Unassisted

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL QUE⚜️

27 Shots on goal 30

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

30 Penalty minutes 44

MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27) QUE shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 65:30 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Mario Gosselin

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 65:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–1

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Nordiques

Nordiques: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–2

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 51-26-8 (60% win rate, 85 games)

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 39-36-12 (45% win rate, 87 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs QUE, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Nordiques on April 26, 1987?

Canadiens won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Nordiques?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Nordiques 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mats Naslund (2), Mike Mcphee.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Anton Stastny, John Ogrodnick.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

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

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 · Apr 24

⚜️Nordiques

Previous game · Apr 24

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6–4 final

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