🐙 Away Red Wings 15-8-3 before this game
2–7
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🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 19-9-1 before this game
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Red Wings at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Red Wings 7–2 at Bell Centre on December 5, 1988.

🗓 Mon, Dec 5, 1988 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1988-89 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Claude Lemieux
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Russ Courtnall
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brent Gilchrist
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET MTL🇨🇦
28 Shots on goal 37
1/1 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4
22 Penalty minutes 16
DET shooting 7.1% (2/28) MTL shooting 18.9% (7/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Glen Hanlon
0/7
.000 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:45 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 15-8-3 (58% win rate, 26 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 19-9-1 (66% win rate, 29 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 2nd: 15-8-3 (58% win rate, 26 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 19-9-1 (66% win rate, 29 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 26, 1988
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
2–4 · Red Wings won
Feb 6, 1988
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 · Red Wings won
Dec 12, 1987
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–5 · Canadiens won
Oct 30, 1987
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
5–4 · Canadiens won
Dec 5, 1986
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ DET vs MTL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Canadiens on December 5, 1988?

Canadiens won 7–2.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Canadiens?

The final score was Red Wings 2, Canadiens 7.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Glen Hanlon made 0 saves on 7 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Dec 3
🐙DET @ ⚜️QUE
4–6 · QUE won
Next game · Dec 9
🍁TOR @ 🐙DET
3–4 · DET won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 3
⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · MTL won
Next game · Dec 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌌MNS
2–2 · MTL won
Red Wings season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule