🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 20-8-0 before this game
4–7
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 7-19-0 before this game
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Canadiens at Whalers

Whalers beat Canadiens 7–4 on December 8, 1982.

🗓 Wed, Dec 8, 1982 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1982-83 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Guy Lafleur
1 G, 3 A
5 shots · +2
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Doug Sulliman
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Ryan Walter
3 G
6 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳
37 Shots on goal 39
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
40 Penalty minutes 42
MTL shooting 10.8% (4/37) HFD shooting 17.9% (7/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Rick Wamsley
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Veisor
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 20-8 (71% win rate, 28 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 7-19 (27% win rate, 26 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 20-8 (71% win rate, 28 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 7-19 (27% win rate, 26 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 6, 1982
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–11 · Canadiens won
Nov 16, 1982
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
7–1 · Canadiens won
Oct 6, 1982
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won
Mar 31, 1982
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
5–1 · Canadiens won
Mar 30, 1982
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–6 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on December 8, 1982?

Whalers won 7–4.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Whalers 7.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Rick Wamsley made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Veisor made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Whalers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 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 · Dec 6
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–11 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 9
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
5–8 · BOS won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Dec 6
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–11 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 11
🔔PHI @ 🐳HFD
4–7 · HFD won
Also on December 8, 1982
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–4 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET
0–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
7–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🪶CHI
2–7 final
Canadiens season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule