🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-2 in series
4–3
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🐳 Home Whalers 2-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1304
HFD 1113

Canadiens at Whalers — First Round Game 3

Canadiens, First Round Game 3, beat Whalers 4–3 on April 9, 1988.

🗓 Sat, Apr 9, 1988 · 20:00 CDT 🏒 1987-88 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

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

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Carey Wilson
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mats Naslund
2 A
-1
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Stew Gavin
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Stew Gavin Go-ahead 1st · 02:06
Assists: Paul Macdermid, Carey Wilson
0–1
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer PP Tying 1st · 09:21
Assists: Mats Naslund, Petr Svoboda
1–1
2nd period
🐳 Sylvain Cote PP Go-ahead 2nd · 06:31
Assists: Stew Gavin, Carey Wilson
1–2
🇨🇦 Craig Ludwig Tying 2nd · 08:33
Assists: Guy Carbonneau, Bob Gainey
2–2
🇨🇦 Mike Mcphee Go-ahead 2nd · 09:32
Assists: Sergio Momesso, Rick Green
3–2
🇨🇦 Ryan Walter PP 2nd · 13:52
Assists: Mats Naslund, Larry Robinson
4–2
3rd period
🐳 Carey Wilson PP 3rd · 06:34
Assists: Paul Macdermid, Ray Ferraro
4–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳
27 Shots on goal 33
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/5
20 Penalty minutes 20
MTL shooting 14.8% (4/27) HFD shooting 9.1% (3/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Mike Liut
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 54-20-8 (66% win rate, 82 games)
Whalers
Whalers — tied after 1st: 37-38-7 (45% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 4–2
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 7, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–7 · Canadiens won
Apr 6, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · Canadiens won
Mar 27, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
2–4 · Whalers won
Mar 12, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
0–5 · Canadiens won
Feb 13, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · Whalers won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on April 9, 1988?

Canadiens won 4–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 4, Whalers 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Craig Ludwig, Mike Mcphee, Ryan Walter, Stephane Richer.

Who scored for Whalers?

Carey Wilson, Stew Gavin, Sylvain Cote.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Whalers goalie play?

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

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 · Apr 7
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–7 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 10
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
5–7 · HFD won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Apr 7
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–7 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 10
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
5–7 · HFD won
Also on April 9, 1988
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
2–6 final
🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD
0–3 final
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
3–4 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
6–3 final
🛢️EDM @ ✈️WIN
4–6 final
🎵STL @ 🪶CHI
3–6 final
🔥CGY @ 👑LAK
2–5 final
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