🐙 Away Red Wings 25-15-4 before this game
1–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 23-17-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
DET 0101
MTL 0044

Red Wings at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Red Wings 4–1 at Bell Centre on January 20, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Jan 20, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Mark Recchi
2 G
5 shots · +1
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Vincent Damphousse
2 A
1 shots · +1
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Turner Stevenson
2 A
1 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🐙 Kris Draper Go-ahead 2nd · 07:38
Assists: Bob Errey, Mathieu Dandenault
1–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Tying 3rd · 00:21
Assists: Brian Savage, Vincent Damphousse
1–1
🇨🇦 Darcy Tucker Go-ahead 3rd · 00:58
Assists: Turner Stevenson
1–2
🇨🇦 Scott Thornton PP 3rd · 09:06
Assists: Turner Stevenson, Murray Baron
1–3
🇨🇦 Mark Recchi Empty net 3rd · 19:21
Assists: Vincent Damphousse
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐙DET MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 20
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
30 Penalty minutes 33
DET shooting 2.8% (1/36) MTL shooting 20.0% (4/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐙Red Wings
Mike Vernon
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Red Wings
Red Wings — tied after 1st: 25-15-4 (57% win rate, 44 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 23-17-6 (50% win rate, 46 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 30, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
3–5 · Red Wings won
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

❓ DET vs MTL, answered

Who won Red Wings vs Canadiens on January 20, 1997?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Red Wings vs Canadiens?

The final score was Red Wings 1, Canadiens 4.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Kris Draper.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Mark Recchi (2), Darcy Tucker, Scott Thornton.

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Mike Vernon made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Red Wings vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Red Wings vs Canadiens season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 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
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 14
👑LAK @ 🐙DET
3–3 · LAK won
Next game · Jan 22
🔔PHI @ 🐙DET
2–2 · PHI won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 14
🇨🇦MTL @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · PHI won
Next game · Jan 22
🇨🇦MTL @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 · BUF won
Also on January 20, 1997
🎵STL @ 🏝️NYI
6–4 final
🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS
3–2 final
🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🍁TOR @ 🐳HFD
1–3 final
🏔️COL @ 🐆FLA
4–2 final
🦈SJS @ 🐋VAN
1–6 final
Red Wings season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule