🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 54-23-0 before this game

7–2

Final

🐙 Home Red Wings 32-45-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	7
DET	0	0	0	2

Canadiens at Red Wings

Canadiens beat Red Wings 7–2 at Little Caesars Arena on April 2, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Apr 2, 1980 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1979-80 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Guy Lafleur

2 G, 1 A

8 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Napier

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Rejean Houle

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL DET🐙

34 Shots on goal 28

2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

4 Penalty minutes 6

MTL shooting 20.6% (7/34) DET shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Michel Larocque

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Rogie Vachon

0/7

.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 54-23 (70% win rate, 77 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 32-45 (42% win rate, 77 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 54-23 (70% win rate, 77 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 32-45 (42% win rate, 77 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ MTL vs DET, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on April 2, 1980?

Canadiens won 7–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canadiens 7, Red Wings 2.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Michel Larocque made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Rogie Vachon made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Red Wings season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 4–0 after 4 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 30

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Mar 31

Also on April 2, 1980

Canadiens season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule