🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 24-13-0 before this game
3–1
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 17-19-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Whalers

Canadiens beat Whalers 3–1 on January 2, 1981.

🗓 Fri, Jan 2, 1981 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1980-81 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Nilan
1 G
5 shots
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Keith Acton
1 G
3 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Gaston Gingras
1 G
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳
37 Shots on goal 22
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
8 Penalty minutes 4
MTL shooting 8.1% (3/37) HFD shooting 4.5% (1/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Michel Larocque
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 47:28 TOI
Rick Wamsley
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 12:32 TOI
🐳Whalers
John Garrett
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:15 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 24-13 (65% win rate, 37 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 17-19 (47% win rate, 36 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 24-13 (65% win rate, 37 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 17-19 (47% win rate, 36 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 30, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–8 · Canadiens won
Apr 11, 1980
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 9, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–8 · Canadiens won
Apr 8, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–6 · Canadiens won
Mar 22, 1980
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–5 · Whalers won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on January 2, 1981?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Whalers 1.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Michel Larocque made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

John Garrett made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Whalers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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 · Dec 30
👑LAK @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–4 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 3
🪶CHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Dec 27
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
5–5 · NYI won
Next game · Jan 3
🐳HFD @ 🏝️NYI
1–8 · NYI won
Also on January 2, 1981
🏝️NYI @ 🗽NYR
1–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🐙DET
2–2 final
🔔PHI @ ✈️WIN
3–4 final
👑LAK @ 🔥CGY
6–7 final
🐻BOS @ 🛢️EDM
5–7 final
Canadiens season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule