🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 8-8-4 before this game

1–3

Final

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

Canadiens at Whalers

Whalers beat Canadiens 3–1 on November 20, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Nov 20, 1996 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Whalers lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Paul Coffey

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · +1

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Geoff Sanderson

2 A

2 shots · +1

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Andrew Cassels

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Andrew Cassels Go-ahead 1st · 07:39

Assists: Paul Coffey, Geoff Sanderson

0–1

🇨🇦 Stephane Richer Tying 1st · 08:46

Assists: Shayne Corson, Marc Bureau

1–1

3rd period

🐳 Paul Coffey PP Go-ahead 3rd · 03:40

Assists: Kevin Dineen, Geoff Sanderson

1–2

🐳 Sami Kapanen Empty net 3rd · 19:38

Unassisted

1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL HFD🐳

35 Shots on goal 31

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

8 Penalty minutes 10

MTL shooting 2.9% (1/35) HFD shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:14 TOI

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 8-8-4 (40% win rate, 20 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 11-5-1 (65% win rate, 17 games)

After 2nd — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 8-8-4 (40% win rate, 20 games)

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 2nd: 11-5-1 (65% win rate, 17 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–4 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs HFD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Whalers on November 20, 1996?

Whalers won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Whalers?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Whalers 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Stephane Richer.

Who scored for Whalers?

Andrew Cassels, Paul Coffey, Sami Kapanen.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

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

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Canadiens vs Whalers season series?

Whalers 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 · Nov 16

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Nov 16

Also on November 20, 1996

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