3–1

Final

MTL leads 4–2

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
HFD	1	1	1	3
MTL	0	1	0	1

Whalers at Canadiens — First Round Game 5

Whalers, First Round Game 5, beat Canadiens 3–1 at Bell Centre on April 12, 1988.

🗓 Tue, Apr 12, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 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 5

3–1

Final · HFD

Game 6

2–1

Final · MTL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Ron Francis

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Kevin Dineen

1 G

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Carey Wilson

1 G

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Kevin Dineen Go-ahead 1st · 10:01

Assists: Ron Francis, Joel Quenneville

1–0

2nd period

🐳 Carey Wilson 2nd · 05:40

Assists: Paul Macdermid, Stew Gavin

2–0

🇨🇦 Mike Mcphee 2nd · 06:11

Assists: Petr Svoboda, Kjell Dahlin

2–1

3rd period

🐳 Ron Francis Empty net 3rd · 19:44

Assists: Mike McEwen

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD MTL🇨🇦

29 Shots on goal 23

10 Penalty minutes 14

HFD shooting 10.3% (3/29) MTL shooting 4.3% (1/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Richard Brodeur

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Brian Hayward

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–1

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →

❓ HFD vs MTL, answered

Who won Whalers vs Canadiens on April 12, 1988?

Whalers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Whalers 3, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Whalers?

Carey Wilson, Kevin Dineen, Ron Francis.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mike Mcphee.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Richard Brodeur made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 2 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 10

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Apr 10

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