April 9th, 1984
NHL Quarter Finals
New York Islanders at
Montreal Canadiens
Montreal with a chance to eliminate the Islanders and move to the Conference Semi- Finals. Montreal dominated the Islanders in both games in New York.
The Islanders will go back to G
Marek Picek. The 30 year old has 1 win with a 3.35 GAA and .894 save % in 3 playoff games. For his career he has 1 win with a 3.11 GAA and a .895 save % in 8 playoff games. Montreal starts G
Wilf Nestor, the 29 year old has 3 wins with a 1.75 GAA and a .896 save % in 4 playoff games. For his career he has 3 wins, a 2.66 GAA and a .906 save % in 8 games.
Montreal's hottest forward C
Riley Callander opens the scoring with his 5th of the post season at 1:13 with Montreal on a 5 on 3. Montreal goes up 2-0 at 12:19 when LW
Kevin Forfar gets his 4th of the playoffs on the PP. Montreal gets a 3-0 lead at 13:28 when LD
Tomas Badura gets his 1st of the playoffs. The Islanders make it 3-1 as RW
Chris Orzel gets his 1st of the playoffs at 14:04. The Islanders make it 3-2 when RW
Vincent Bergeron gets his 2nd of the playoffs. Montreal outshot the Islanders 17-14 in the 1st period.
Montreal's RD
Jonathan Harper gets his 1st of the playoffs at 1:34 on the PP to make it 4-2. Montreal's LW
Quincy Kaminsky gets his 3rd of the playoffs at 2:22 of the 2nd and its 5-2. Montreal's rout continues as RW
Brayden Laureano gets his 1st of the playoffs at 4:28 and it is now 6-2. LW
Quincy Kaminsky gets his 2nd of the night, 4th of the playoffs at 8:48 to make it 7-2. Thats it for
Picek, in comes
Wikman. The shots were 14-3 in the 2nd for Montreal.
Montreal extends the lead to 8-2 at 2:03 of the 3rd when C
Riley Callander gets his 2nd of the night and 6th of the playoffs on the PP. Montreal goes up 9-2 at 11:13 when LW
Kevin Forfar gets his 2nd of the night, 5th of the playoffs on the PP. Montreal gets a 10-2 lead as RW
Samuel Hebert gets his 2nd of the playoffs at 10:42 on the PP. Montreal wins the series 4 games to 1 and move onto the 2nd round for the 1st time in their 4 year history. The 3rd period got a little rough as
Bryce Spencer and
Steven Spring got into their 2nd fight of the series.
Pavel Dlouhy had a 5 minute major for an illegal check to the head. The shots were 15-9 in the period for the Canadiens. Montreal was 6 for 11 on the PP while the Islanders were 0 for 3. The final shots were 46-26 for Montreal.
Montreal's LW
Kevin Forfar was the 1st star with 2 goals and 3 assists. The 25 year old now has 5 goals and 12 points with 0 PIMs in 5 playoff games. His 5 goals in the playoffs is a career high.
Montreal 10 Islanders 2
Montreal wins series 4-1
Around the NHL..............
Tampa Bay Lightning C
Ryan Meger had 2 goals in a 4-3 win over the Bruins. The 20 year old now has 2 goals and 5 points with 2 PIMs in 5 playoff games. This is his 1st NHL playoffs.
Boston leads series 3-2
Detroit Red WIngs C
Anton Rakhov had a goal in a 4-3 win over the Blue Jackets. The 20 year old now has 2 goals and 3 points with 26 PIMs in 5 playoff games. In 2 playoff seasons, his 2 goals is a career high.
Detroit wins series 4-1
Carolina Hurricanes G
Leon Carrier had 30 saves in a 1-0 win over the Rangers. The 29 year old now has 2 wins with 1.73 GAA and a .940 save % in 4 playoff games. In 2 playoff seasons, 2 wins is a career high.
Rangers lead series 3-2
Winnipeg Jets RD
Bob Gorrell had 2 assists in a 3-0 win over the Ducks. The 33 year old now has 1 goal and 6 points with 2 PIMs in 5 playoff games. In 2 playoff seasons, he had a career high of 5 goals in the 1982-83 playoffs.
Winnipeg win series 4-1
Nashville Predators C
Chad Barris had 2 assists in a 4-3 win over the Avalanche. The 22 year old now has 1 goal and 6 points with 0 PIMs in 5 playoff games. In 2 playoff seasons, he is tied with his career high of 1 goal achieved in the 1982-83 playoffs.
Nashville wins series 4-1
Vancouver Canucks RD
Jordan Byrne had 4 assists in a 8-0 win over the Blues. The 21 year old now has 0 goals and 5 points with 2 PIMs in 5 playoff games. He 3 playoff seasons, he had a career high 1 goal in the 1982-82 playoffs.
St Louis leads series 3-2
San Jose Sharks LW
Kjell Naslund had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over the Coyotes. The 31 year old now has 3 goals and 5 points with 2 PIMs in 5 playoff games. He tied his career high of 3 goals in 2 playoff seasons achieved previously in the 1981-82 playoffs.
San Jose leads series 3-2.