🐳 Away Whalers 37-33-7 before this game
4–1
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 37-30-10 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
HFD 2114
MTL 0011

Whalers at Canadiens

Whalers beat Canadiens 4–1 at Bell Centre on April 5, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Apr 5, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Season series tied 3–3 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐳 HFD
Chris Murray
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🐳 HFD
Kent Manderville
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · +2
3rd star 🐳 HFD
Glen Wesley
1 G
3 shots

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐳 Glen Wesley PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:03
Assists: Robert Kron, Steve Chiasson
1–0
🐳 Kent Manderville 1st · 09:47
Assists: Chris Murray
2–0
2nd period
🐳 Chris Murray 2nd · 02:54
Assists: Kent Manderville
3–0
3rd period
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 3rd · 06:20
Assists: Benoit Brunet, Vincent Damphousse
3–1
🐳 Keith Primeau Empty net 3rd · 18:59
Unassisted
4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐳HFD MTL🇨🇦
31 Shots on goal 32
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
12 Penalty minutes 14
HFD shooting 12.9% (4/31) MTL shooting 3.1% (1/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐳Whalers
Sean Burke
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:45 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:28 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 3–0
Whalers
Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 3–3 Full head-to-head →
Apr 2, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–1 · Canadiens won
Mar 7, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
0–2 · Whalers won
Feb 8, 1997
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Jan 6, 1997
🐳HFD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–5 · Canadiens won
Nov 20, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
1–3 · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs MTL, answered

Who won Whalers vs Canadiens on April 5, 1997?

Whalers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Canadiens?

The final score was Whalers 4, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Whalers?

Chris Murray, Glen Wesley, Keith Primeau, Kent Manderville.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

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

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 3 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?

Season series tied 3–3 after 6 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 · Apr 3
🐳HFD @ 🐧PIT
5–5 · HFD won
Next game · Apr 7
⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD
2–4 · HFD won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Apr 2
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐳HFD
4–1 · MTL won
Next game · Apr 7
🏝️NYI @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · MTL won
Also on April 5, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
2–4 final
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
2–5 final
⚡TBL @ 🏝️NYI
3–2 final
🐙DET @ 🍁TOR
4–2 final
🐋VAN @ 🛢️EDM
2–2 final
⭐DAL @ 👑LAK
3–3 final
Whalers season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule