🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 0-0 in series
2–5
Final
NJD leads 4–1
😈 Home Devils 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canadiens at Devils — First Round Game 1

Devils, First Round Game 1, beat Canadiens 5–2 at Prudential Center on April 17, 1997.

🗓 Thu, Apr 17, 1997 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Prudential Center, Newark 🏒 1996-97 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

MTL vs NJD · NJD leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
2–5
Final · NJD
Game 2
1–4
Final · NJD
Game 3
6–4
Final · NJD
Game 4
3–4
OT · MTL
Game 5
0–4
Final · NJD

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 😈 NJD
Brian Rolston
2 G
5 shots · +4
2nd star 😈 NJD
Bill Guerin
1 G, 1 A
4 shots
3rd star 😈 NJD
Scott Stevens
2 A
3 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NJD😈
30 Shots on goal 35
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
31 Penalty minutes 31
MTL shooting 6.7% (2/30) NJD shooting 14.3% (5/35)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:47 TOI
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:56 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 39-32-11 (48% win rate, 82 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 50-21-11 (61% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 39-32-11 (48% win rate, 82 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 2nd: 50-21-11 (61% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Feb 15, 1997
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–1 · Devils won
Feb 1, 1997
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–4 (OT) · Devils won
Dec 14, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
3–3 (OT) · Canadiens won
Oct 15, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–3 · Devils won
Mar 13, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
1–1 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs NJD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Devils on April 17, 1997?

Devils won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Devils?

The final score was Canadiens 2, Devils 5.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Devils goalie play?

Martin Brodeur made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Devils played?

At Prudential Center in Newark, the Devils home rink.

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 · Apr 12
🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
1–4 · NJD won
😈Devils
Previous game · Apr 13
😈NJD @ 🔔PHI
4–5 · PHI won
Next game · Apr 19
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
1–4 · NJD won
Also on April 17, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 final
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
1–5 final
🗽NYR @ 🐆FLA
0–3 final
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