🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 5-5-0 before this game

2–4

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	2
DET	0	0	0	4

Canadiens at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Canadiens 4–2 at Little Caesars Arena on October 26, 1988.

🗓 Wed, Oct 26, 1988 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1988-89 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐙 DET

Steve Yzerman

2 G, 1 A

4 shots · +3

2nd star 🐙 DET

Jeff Sharples

2 A

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Claude Lemieux

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL DET🐙

22 Shots on goal 25

10 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 9.1% (2/22) DET shooting 16.0% (4/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Patrick Roy

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐙Red Wings

Greg Stefan

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 1st: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 5-5 (50% win rate, 10 games)

Red Wings

Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 3-3-2 (38% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

Nov 22, 1986

🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL

4–3 · Red Wings won

❓ MTL vs DET, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on October 26, 1988?

Red Wings won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Red Wings 4.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Greg Stefan made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 25

🐙Red Wings

Previous game · Oct 23

Also on October 26, 1988

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