🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 2-3 in series
2–1
Final
MTL leads 4–2
🐳 Home Whalers 3-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 2002
HFD 0101

Canadiens at Whalers — First Round Game 6

Canadiens, First Round Game 6, beat Whalers 2–1 on April 14, 1988.

🗓 Thu, Apr 14, 1988 · 18:30 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 🇨🇦 MTL
Stephane Richer
2 G
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Craig Ludwig
1 A
+2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brian Skrudland
1 A
+1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer Go-ahead 1st · 09:15
Assists: Craig Ludwig, Brian Skrudland
1–0
🇨🇦 Stephane Richer 1st · 17:59
Unassisted
2–0
2nd period
🐳 Ray Ferraro PP 2nd · 18:57
Assists: Mike McEwen
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳
25 Shots on goal 20
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
12 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 8.0% (2/25) HFD shooting 5.0% (1/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Brian Hayward
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐳Whalers
Richard Brodeur
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:43 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
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

Full head-to-head →
Apr 12, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · Whalers won
Apr 10, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
5–7 · Whalers won
Apr 9, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–3 · Canadiens won
Apr 7, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–7 · Canadiens won
Apr 6, 1988
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on April 14, 1988?

Canadiens won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Whalers 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Stephane Richer (2).

Who scored for Whalers?

Ray Ferraro.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Richard Brodeur made 0 saves on 2 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 12
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · HFD won
Next game · Apr 18
🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–5 · MTL won
🐳Whalers
Previous game · Apr 12
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–1 · HFD won
Next game · Oct 6
⚜️QUE @ 🐳HFD
5–2 · QUE won
Also on April 14, 1988
🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 😈NJD
5–6 final
🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI
7–2 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
5–3 final
Canadiens season page Whalers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule