🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 49-19-8 before this game
2–4
Final
🐳 Home Whalers 35-34-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0202
HFD 1034

Canadiens at Whalers

Whalers beat Canadiens 4–2 on March 27, 1988.

🗓 Sun, Mar 27, 1988 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1987-88 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 5–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Carey Wilson
2 G
4 shots · +1
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Dave Tippett
2 A
+1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Bobby Smith
1 G, 1 A
2 shots

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Stew Gavin Go-ahead 1st · 06:14
Assists: Ray Ferraro, Mike McEwen
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Bobby Smith Tying 2nd · 02:43
Assists: Larry Trader, Larry Robinson
1–1
🇨🇦 Chris Chelios Go-ahead 2nd · 16:25
Assists: Bobby Smith, Claude Lemieux
2–1
3rd period
🐳 Ron Francis Tying 3rd · 02:39
Unassisted
2–2
🐳 Carey Wilson Go-ahead 3rd · 03:33
Assists: Dean Evason, Dave Tippett
2–3
🐳 Carey Wilson 3rd · 13:14
Assists: Ulf Samuelsson, Dave Tippett
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳
24 Shots on goal 33
40 Penalty minutes 18
MTL shooting 8.3% (2/24) HFD shooting 12.1% (4/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Brian Hayward
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Richard Brodeur
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 2–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 5–3 Full head-to-head →
Mar 12, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–5 · Canadiens won
Feb 13, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · Whalers won
Feb 3, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
5–2 · Canadiens won
Feb 1, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · Canadiens won
Nov 25, 1987
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
6–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on March 27, 1988?

Whalers won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Whalers 4.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Bobby Smith, Chris Chelios.

Who scored for Whalers?

Carey Wilson (2), Ron Francis, Stew Gavin.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Richard Brodeur made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Whalers season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 5–3 after 8 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 · Mar 25
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
2–5 · PIT won
Next game · Mar 31
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐻BOS
3–1 · MTL won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Mar 26
🌌MNS @ 🐳HFD
1–8 · HFD won
Next game · Mar 31
🐳HFD @ ⚔️BUF
2–3 · BUF won
Also on March 27, 1988
🗽NYR @ 😈NJD
2–7 final
🐧PIT @ ⚜️QUE
6–3 final
🐙DET @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 final
Canadiens season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule