🛢️ Away Oilers 6-3-2
4–5
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 7-4-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🛢️ EDM 2114
🇨🇦 MTL 2125

Oilers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Oilers 5–4 at Bell Centre on October 29, 1989.

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1989-90 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Mark Lamb
2 G, 1 A
7 shots · +1
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Jari Kurri
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Russ Courtnall
1 G, 1 A
4 shots

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Martin Gelinas Go-ahead 1st · 06:43
Assists: Craig MacTavish, Kevin Lowe · beat Brian Hayward
1–0
🛢️ Mark Lamb 1st · 17:16
Assists: Jari Kurri, Peter Eriksson · beat Brian Hayward
2–0
🇨🇦 Mats Naslund 1st · 17:48
Assists: Bobby Smith, Mike Keane · beat Grant Fuhr
2–1
🇨🇦 Ryan Walter Tying 1st · 19:02
Assists: Russ Courtnall, Guy Carbonneau · beat Grant Fuhr
2–2
2nd period
🇨🇦 Brent Gilchrist Go-ahead 2nd · 03:34
Unassisted · beat Grant Fuhr
2–3
🛢️ Jari Kurri Tying 2nd · 19:23
Assists: Mark Lamb, Mark Messier · beat Brian Hayward
3–3
3rd period
🇨🇦 Russ Courtnall PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:23
Assists: Chris Chelios, Bobby Smith · beat Grant Fuhr
3–4
🇨🇦 Jocelyn Lemieux 3rd · 12:02
Assists: Brent Gilchrist, Stephane Richer · beat Grant Fuhr
3–5
🛢️ Mark Lamb PP 3rd · 19:03
Assists: Jari Kurri · beat Brian Hayward
4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 23
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
8 Penalty minutes 4
EDM shooting 11.1% (4/36) MTL shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Grant Fuhr
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:18 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Brian Hayward
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–2
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 1st: 1-1-1 (33% win rate, 3 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–3
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 3-1 (75% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Mar 11989 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 0–3 Dec 311988 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 4–2 Nov 261988 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–7 Mar 91988 🇨🇦MTL @ 🛢️EDM 4–1 Jan 181988 🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–6
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Who won Oilers vs Canadiens on October 29, 1989?

Canadiens won 5–4. The final score was Oilers 4, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Oilers?

Mark Lamb (2), Jari Kurri, Martin Gelinas.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brent Gilchrist, Jocelyn Lemieux, Mats Naslund, Russ Courtnall, Ryan Walter.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Brian Hayward made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeOct 28 🛢️EDM @ ⚜️QUE 6–3 AfterNov 1 😈NJD @ 🛢️EDM 6–6
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeOct 28 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5 AfterOct 31 🇨🇦MTL @ 🏝️NYI 3–0
Also on October 29
🐻BOS 3–4 ⚔️BUF 👑LAK 1–6 ✈️WIN 🦅WSH 0–1 🪶CHI
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