🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-12-4 before this game

3–1

Final

🪶 Home Blackhawks 15-10-2 before this game

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

Canadiens at Blackhawks

Canadiens beat Blackhawks 3–1 at United Center on December 6, 1996.

🗓 Fri, Dec 6, 1996 · 19:30 CST 📍 United Center, Chicago 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Marc Bureau

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Valeri Bure

1 G

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Scott Thornton

1 G

2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🇨🇦 Scott Thornton Go-ahead 1st · 02:14

Assists: Marc Bureau, Turner Stevenson

1–0

2nd period

🪶 Chris Chelios PP Tying 2nd · 02:38

Assists: Eric Weinrich, Alexei Zhamnov

1–1

3rd period

🇨🇦 Marc Bureau Go-ahead 3rd · 13:43

Assists: Peter Popovic, Brian Savage

2–1

🇨🇦 Valeri Bure 3rd · 17:36

Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Martin Rucinsky

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL CHI🪶

27 Shots on goal 28

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

14 Penalty minutes 14

MTL shooting 11.1% (3/27) CHI shooting 3.6% (1/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Pat Jablonski

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🪶Blackhawks

Ed Belfour

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Blackhawks

Blackhawks: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 12-12-4 (43% win rate, 28 games)

Blackhawks

Blackhawks — tied after 2nd: 15-10-2 (56% win rate, 27 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

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

5–5 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs CHI, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Blackhawks on December 6, 1996?

Canadiens won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Blackhawks?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Blackhawks 1.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Marc Bureau, Scott Thornton, Valeri Bure.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Chris Chelios.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Pat Jablonski made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Blackhawks played?

At United Center in Chicago, the Blackhawks home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Blackhawks season series?

Canadiens 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 · Dec 4

🪶Blackhawks

Previous game · Nov 30

Also on December 6, 1996

Canadiens season page Blackhawks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule