2–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 15-12-3 before this game

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

Whalers at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Whalers 3–2 at Bell Centre on December 18, 1995.

🗓 Mon, Dec 18, 1995 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

2 G

6 shots · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Pierre Turgeon

2 A

4 shots · +1

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Brendan Shanahan

2 G

7 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Go-ahead 1st · 13:43

Assists: Pierre Turgeon

0–1

🇨🇦 Marc Bureau 1st · 17:46

Assists: Donald Brashear

0–2

2nd period

🇨🇦 Mark Recchi PP 2nd · 15:32

Assists: Pierre Turgeon, Vladimir Malakhov

0–3

🐳 Brendan Shanahan PP 2nd · 17:43

Assists: Geoff Sanderson, Glen Wesley

1–3

3rd period

🐳 Brendan Shanahan PP 3rd · 15:39

Assists: Nelson Emerson, Geoff Sanderson

2–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD MTL🇨🇦

37 Shots on goal 35

2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

16 Penalty minutes 35

HFD shooting 5.4% (2/37) MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:46 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–4 (OT) · Canadiens won

3–4 (OT) · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs MTL, answered

Who won Whalers vs Canadiens on December 18, 1995?

Canadiens won 3–2.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Whalers 2, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Whalers?

Brendan Shanahan (2).

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi (2), Marc Bureau.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Dec 16

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 16

Also on December 18, 1995

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