🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 4-3-3 before this game
3–5
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 6-4-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 0033
DET 1135

Canadiens at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Canadiens 5–3 at Little Caesars Arena on October 30, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Oct 30, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Vyacheslav Kozlov
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Darren McCarty
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐙 Martin Lapointe SH Go-ahead 1st · 16:53
Assists: Bob Rouse, Kris Draper
0–1
2nd period
🐙 Steve Yzerman 2nd · 02:00
Assists: Darren McCarty
0–2
3rd period
🇨🇦 Vladimir Malakhov 3rd · 03:46
Assists: Brian Savage, Saku Koivu
1–2
🐙 Vyacheslav Kozlov 3rd · 04:44
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov
1–3
🇨🇦 Stephane Quintal 3rd · 05:53
Assists: Vincent Damphousse
2–3
🐙 Sergei Fedorov 3rd · 07:42
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Viacheslav Fetisov
2–4
🇨🇦 Brian Savage 3rd · 08:38
Assists: Mark Recchi, Peter Popovic
3–4
🐙 Darren McCarty 3rd · 09:34
Assists: Nicklas Lidstrom, Steve Yzerman
3–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL DET🐙
26 Shots on goal 40
8 Penalty minutes 8
MTL shooting 11.5% (3/26) DET shooting 12.5% (5/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Pat Jablonski
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:44 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 0–2
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 2, 1995
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
11–1 · Red Wings won
Nov 28, 1995
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
2–3 · Red Wings won
Apr 13, 1994
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
0–9 · Red Wings won
Dec 18, 1993
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–8 · Canadiens won
Nov 7, 1992
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–5 · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs DET, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on October 30, 1996?

Red Wings won 5–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage, Stephane Quintal, Vladimir Malakhov.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Darren McCarty, Martin Lapointe, Sergei Fedorov, Steve Yzerman, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 0 saves on 3 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 28
🌵PHX @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–4 · PHX won
Next game · Nov 2
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦈SJS
3–4 · SJS won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Oct 26
🐙DET @ 🐻BOS
2–1 · DET won
Next game · Nov 1
🐙DET @ 🏛️OTT
2–2 · DET won
Also on October 30, 1996
🏝️NYI @ 🐳HFD
2–2 final
👑LAK @ 🏛️OTT
2–2 final
🗽NYR @ 😈NJD
6–1 final
🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH
2–4 final
🪶CHI @ 🐆FLA
2–3 final
⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL
0–2 final
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
3–6 final
🌵PHX @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 final
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