🌌 Away North Stars 0-0 in series
3–0
Final
MNS leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MNS 0003
MTL 0000

North Stars at Canadiens — Second Round Game 1

North Stars, Second Round Game 1, beat Canadiens 3–0 at Bell Centre on April 16, 1980.

🗓 Wed, Apr 16, 1980 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1979-80 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

MNS vs MTL · MNS leads 4–3 Full series →
Game 1
3–0
Final · MNS
Game 2
4–1
Final · MNS
Game 3
5–0
Final · MTL
Game 4
5–1
Final · MTL
Game 5
2–6
Final · MTL
Game 6
2–5
Final · MNS
Game 7
3–2
Final · MNS

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌌 MNS
Steve Payne
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
2nd star 🌌 MNS
Al MacAdam
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🌌 MNS
Kent-Erik Andersson
1 G
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🌌MNS MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 23
4 Penalty minutes 4
MNS shooting 10.7% (3/28) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌌North Stars
Gilles Meloche
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Denis Herron
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 1st: 48-35 (58% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 60-23 (72% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
North Stars
North Stars — tied after 2nd: 48-35 (58% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 60-23 (72% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 12, 1980
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌌MNS
4–3 · Canadiens won
Feb 28, 1980
🌌MNS @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–6 · Canadiens won
Dec 19, 1979
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌌MNS
2–5 · North Stars won
Nov 1, 1979
🌌MNS @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MNS vs MTL, answered

Who won North Stars vs Canadiens on April 16, 1980?

North Stars won 3–0.

What was the final score of North Stars vs Canadiens?

The final score was North Stars 3, Canadiens 0.

How did the North Stars goalie play?

Gilles Meloche made 0 saves on 0 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Denis Herron made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is North Stars vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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
🌌North Stars
Previous game · Apr 11
🌌MNS @ 🍁TOR
4–3 · MNS won
Next game · Apr 17
🌌MNS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · MNS won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 11
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 17
🌌MNS @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · MNS won
Also on April 16, 1980
🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
1–2 final
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
0–5 final
North Stars season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule