🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 26-13-6 before this game
2–3
Final / OT
⚜️ Home Nordiques 27-18-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
MTL 00002
QUE 00003

Canadiens at Nordiques

Nordiques beat Canadiens 3–2 in overtime on January 20, 1986.

🗓 Mon, Jan 20, 1986 · 18:30 CST 🏒 1985-86 🔁 Nordiques lead the season series 4–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚜️ QUE
Jean-Francois Sauve
2 G
3 shots
2nd star ⚜️ QUE
Robert Picard
2 A
7 shots · +1
3rd star ⚜️ QUE
Peter Stastny
2 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL QUE⚜️
31 Shots on goal 38
1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/7
33 Penalty minutes 35
MTL shooting 6.5% (2/31) QUE shooting 7.9% (3/38)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Doug Soetaert
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 63:59 TOI
⚜️Nordiques
Clint Malarchuk
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 63:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 26-13-6 (58% win rate, 45 games)
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 1st: 27-18 (60% win rate, 45 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 26-13-6 (58% win rate, 45 games)
Nordiques
Nordiques — tied after 2nd: 27-18 (60% win rate, 45 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Nordiques lead the season series 4–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 19, 1985
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
4–5 (OT) · Nordiques won
Dec 18, 1985
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Oct 29, 1985
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
4–6 · Nordiques won
Oct 21, 1985
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 · Nordiques won
May 2, 1985
⚜️QUE @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–2 (OT) · Nordiques won

❓ MTL vs QUE, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Nordiques on January 20, 1986?

Nordiques won 3–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Nordiques?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Nordiques 3, in overtime.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Doug Soetaert made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Nordiques goalie play?

Clint Malarchuk made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Nordiques season series?

Nordiques lead the season series 4–1 after 5 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 · Jan 18
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–3 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 22
🇨🇦MTL @ 🪶CHI
3–3 · MTL won
⚜️Nordiques
Previous game · Jan 18
🐳HFD @ ⚜️QUE
5–2 · HFD won
Next game · Jan 23
⚜️QUE @ 🗽NYR
4–0 · QUE won
Also on January 20, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🗽NYR
5–0 final
Canadiens season page Nordiques season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule