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First Round · Game 2

Oilers at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 EDM leads 3–0

Oilers, First Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on April 9, 1981.

EDM – MTL
29–41
Shots on goal
1/4–1/6
Power play
19–15
Penalty minutes
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The game

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First Round — Best of 7

EDM vs MTL · EDM leads 3–0 Full series →
Game 1
6–3
Final · EDM
Game 2
3–1
Final · EDM
Game 3
2–6
Final · EDM

Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Jari Kurri
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +1
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Wayne Gretzky
2 A
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🛢️ EDM
Paul Coffey
1 G
4 shots · +2

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Paul Coffey Go-ahead 1st · 05:24
Unassisted · beat Richard Sevigny
1–0
2nd period
🇨🇦 Gaston Gingras PP Tying 2nd · 00:32
Assists: Pierre Larouche, Larry Robinson · beat Andy Moog
1–1
🛢️ Risto Siltanen PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:43
Assists: Jari Kurri, Wayne Gretzky · beat Richard Sevigny
2–1
3rd period
🛢️ Jari Kurri 3rd · 14:27
Assists: Brett Callighen, Wayne Gretzky · beat Richard Sevigny
3–1

Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM MTL🇨🇦
29 Shots on goal 41
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
19 Penalty minutes 15
EDM shooting 10.3% (3/29) MTL shooting 2.4% (1/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Andy Moog
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Richard Sevigny
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:13 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-9 (25% win rate, 12 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-8 (38% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-4 (64% win rate, 11 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-10 (33% win rate, 15 games)

Last meetings

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Apr 81981 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 Jan 281981 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 1–9 Jan 121981 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–5 Dec 201980 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 3–4 Dec 131980 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4
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Who won Oilers vs Canadiens on April 9, 1981?

Oilers won 3–1. The final score was Oilers 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Oilers?

Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Risto Siltanen.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Gaston Gingras.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Richard Sevigny made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeApr 8 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 AfterApr 11 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 2–6
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeApr 8 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 6–3 AfterApr 11 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 2–6
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