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Montreal Canadiens (14-13-3) 2 1 1 - 4
Hartford Whalers   (11-13-4) 0 2 1 - 3

Richer scored the tie-breaking goal at 15:37 of the third period as the
Canadiens beat the Whalers 4-3.

1st period: MON, Savard (9th) - (Chorske, Dufrense) 1:41
MON, Keane (7th) - (Lebeau, Pederson) 11:08

2nd period: HAR, Crossman (3rd) - (Dineen, Francis) (pp) 5:56
MON, Courtnall (8th) - (Carbonneau, Brunet) 11:18
HAR, Francis (10th) - (Young) 19:59

3rd period: HAR, Krygier (4th) - (Young, Tomlak) 9:43
MON, Richer (12th) - (Skrudland, Dejardins) 15:37

Powerplay Opportunities-Canadiens 0 of 2
Whalers 1 of 4

Shots on Goal-Canadiens 11 7 6 - 24
Whalers 5 7 13 - 25

Montreal Canadiens--Bergeron (3-2-0) (25 shots - 22 saves)
Hartford WHalers--Sidorkiewicz (9-9-4) (24 shots - 20 saves)