🐳 Away Whalers 20-9-4 before this game
2–6
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 21-12-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
HFD 1012
MTL 3126

Whalers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Whalers 6–2 at Bell Centre on December 27, 1986.

🗓 Sat, Dec 27, 1986 · 19:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1986-87 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Chris Chelios
3 A
1 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Claude Lemieux
2 G
4 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mats Naslund
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Mats Naslund Go-ahead 1st · 10:44
Assists: Kjell Dahlin, Gaston Gingras
0–1
🐳 John Anderson Tying 1st · 11:00
Assists: Ulf Samuelsson
1–1
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer Go-ahead 1st · 16:49
Assists: Chris Chelios
1–2
🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux PP 1st · 18:44
Assists: Larry Robinson, Chris Chelios
1–3
2nd period
🇨🇦 Claude Lemieux 2nd · 18:56
Assists: Mats Naslund
1–4
3rd period
🐳 John Anderson 3rd · 04:11
Unassisted
2–4
🇨🇦 Bob Gainey 3rd · 09:35
Assists: Mike Lalor, Rick Green
2–5
🇨🇦 Kjell Dahlin 3rd · 14:47
Assists: Bobby Smith, Chris Chelios
2–6

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD MTL🇨🇦
19 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
14 Penalty minutes 12
HFD shooting 10.5% (2/19) MTL shooting 19.4% (6/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Steve Weeks
0/6
.000 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 26, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–1 (OT) · Canadiens won
Nov 29, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
7–5 · Whalers won
Nov 19, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–1 · Canadiens won
Apr 29, 1986
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 (OT) · Canadiens won
Apr 27, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
0–1 · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs MTL, answered

Who won Whalers vs Canadiens on December 27, 1986?

Canadiens won 6–2.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Whalers 2, Canadiens 6.

Who scored for Whalers?

John Anderson (2).

Who scored for Canadiens?

Claude Lemieux (2), Bob Gainey, Kjell Dahlin, Mats Naslund, Stephane Richer.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Steve Weeks made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Canadiens 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
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Dec 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–1 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 30
🐳HFD @ 🦅WSH
3–1 · HFD won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–1 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 30
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚜️QUE
3–6 · QUE won
Also on December 27, 1986
😈NJD @ ⚜️QUE
2–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐧PIT
3–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🐋VAN
2–4 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
5–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
🐻BOS @ 👑LAK
1–2 final
Whalers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule