🐳 Away Whalers 0-0 in series
4–1
Final
MTL leads 4–3
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
HFD 0004
MTL 0001

Whalers at Canadiens — Second Round Game 1

Whalers, Second Round Game 1, beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 17, 1986.

🗓 Thu, Apr 17, 1986 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1985-86 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 Second Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Stew Gavin
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · +3
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Sylvain Turgeon
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
John Anderson
1 G
4 shots

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD MTL🇨🇦
23 Shots on goal 27
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
17 Penalty minutes 17
HFD shooting 17.4% (4/23) MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:42 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 45-34-4 (54% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 46-27-10 (55% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 2nd: 45-34-4 (54% win rate, 83 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 46-27-10 (55% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 26, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
0–3 · Whalers won
Mar 10, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · Whalers won
Feb 22, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–6 · Canadiens won
Dec 16, 1985
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–4 (OT) · Whalers won
Dec 11, 1985
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
3–1 · Canadiens won

❓ HFD vs MTL, answered

Who won Whalers vs Canadiens on April 17, 1986?

Whalers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Whalers 4, Canadiens 1.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Mike Liut made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers 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
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Apr 12
⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD
4–9 · HFD won
Next game · Apr 19
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 12
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
4–3 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 19
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Also on April 17, 1986
🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH
4–3 final
Whalers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule