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

Devils, First Round Game 2, beat Canadiens 4–1 at Prudential Center on April 19, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Apr 19, 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
John MacLean
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +1
2nd star 😈 NJD
Scott Niedermayer
2 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 😈 NJD
Bill Guerin
1 G
4 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL NJD😈
22 Shots on goal 41
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6
14 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 4.5% (1/22) NJD shooting 9.8% (4/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jocelyn Thibault
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI
😈Devils
Martin Brodeur
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 39-33-11 (47% win rate, 83 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 1st: 51-21-11 (61% win rate, 83 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 39-33-11 (47% win rate, 83 games)
Devils
Devils — tied after 2nd: 51-21-11 (61% win rate, 83 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 17, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–5 · Devils won
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

❓ MTL vs NJD, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Devils on April 19, 1997?

Devils won 4–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Devils?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Devils 4.

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 1 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 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–5 · NJD won
Next game · Apr 22
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–4 · NJD won
😈Devils
Previous game · Apr 17
🇨🇦MTL @ 😈NJD
2–5 · NJD won
Next game · Apr 22
😈NJD @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–4 · NJD won
Also on April 19, 1997
🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF
3–1 final
🐧PIT @ 🔔PHI
2–3 final
Canadiens season page Devils season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule