Whalers 9–6 Nordiques — Final Score & Stats (Oct 8, 1989)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
🐳 HFD	3	3	3	9
⚜️ QUE	3	0	3	6

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Ron Francis

3 G, 3 A

4 shots · +3

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Pat Verbeek

2 G, 3 A

4 shots · +3

3rd star ⚜️ QUE

Joe Sakic

3 G, 1 A

5 shots · -2

🚨 Scoring

15 goals · in order

1st period

⚜️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 1st · 02:01

Assists: Michel Goulet, Marc Fortier · beat Kay Whitmore

0–1

⚜️ Peter Stastny PP 1st · 03:18

Assists: Michel Goulet, Joe Sakic · beat Kay Whitmore

0–2

⚜️ Greg Adams 1st · 04:51

Assists: Guy Lafleur, Peter Stastny · beat Kay Whitmore

0–3

🐳 Mikael Andersson PP 1st · 06:17

Assists: Scott Young · beat Ron Tugnutt

1–3

🐳 Ron Francis 1st · 14:15

Assists: Pat Verbeek, Todd Krygier · beat Ron Tugnutt

2–3

🐳 Scott Young SH Tying 1st · 15:57

Assists: Mikael Andersson · beat Ron Tugnutt

3–3

2nd period

🐳 Pat Verbeek Go-ahead 2nd · 03:56

Assists: Ron Francis · beat Stephane Fiset

4–3

🐳 Ron Francis 2nd · 13:03

Unassisted · beat Stephane Fiset

5–3

🐳 Pat Verbeek 2nd · 14:06

Assists: Ron Francis, Mike Tomlak · beat Stephane Fiset

6–3

3rd period

🐳 Dean Evason 3rd · 04:50

Assists: Paul Macdermid, Brad Shaw · beat Stephane Fiset

7–3

⚜️ Joe Sakic PP 3rd · 07:57

Assists: Marc Fortier, Peter Stastny · beat Kay Whitmore

7–4

🐳 Todd Krygier PP 3rd · 09:11

Assists: Pat Verbeek, Ron Francis · beat Stephane Fiset

8–4

⚜️ Guy Lafleur 3rd · 13:40

Assists: Peter Stastny, Steven Finn · beat Kay Whitmore

8–5

⚜️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 17:51

Assists: Joe Cirella, Michel Goulet · beat Kay Whitmore

8–6

🐳 Ron Francis Empty net 3rd · 19:57

Assists: Pat Verbeek, Todd Krygier

9–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD QUE⚜️

27 Shots on goal 23

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6

12 Penalty minutes 10

HFD shooting 33.3% (9/27) QUE shooting 26.1% (6/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Kay Whitmore

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚜️Nordiques

Ron Tugnutt

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 20:00 TOI

Stephane Fiset

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 38:31 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–3

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Nordiques

Nordiques — tied after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Whalers lead the season series 1–0

Mar 231989 🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE 3–6 Feb 231989 ⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD 2–4 Jan 281989 ⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD 3–2 OT Jan 231989 🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE 5–0 Dec 281988 🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE 4–4 OT

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❓ HFD vs QUE, answered

Who won Whalers vs Nordiques on October 8, 1989?

Whalers won 9–6. The final score was Whalers 9, Nordiques 6.

Who scored for Whalers?

Ron Francis (3), Pat Verbeek (2), Dean Evason, Mikael Andersson, Scott Young, Todd Krygier.

Who scored for Nordiques?

Joe Sakic (3), Greg Adams, Guy Lafleur, Peter Stastny.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Kay Whitmore made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Whalers vs Nordiques season series?

Whalers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🐳 Whalers

BeforeOct 7 🌌MNS @ 🐳HFD 6–4 AfterOct 11 🦅WSH @ 🐳HFD 1–4

⚜️ Nordiques

BeforeOct 7 🐻BOS @ ⚜️QUE 1–4 AfterOct 12 ⚜️QUE @ 🔔PHI 2–4

Also on October 8

🌌MNS 2–2 ⚔️BUF 🔔PHI 3–5 ✈️WIN 🗽NYR 5–3 🪶CHI 🐙DET 0–5 👑LAK

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