🏔️ Away Avalanche 20-4-6 before this game
2–4
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 16-9-5 before this game
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Avalanche at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Avalanche 4–2 at Bell Centre on December 8, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 8, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 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
2 shots · 13:46 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 26:00 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Stephane Quintal
1 G
3 shots · 24:34 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL MTL🇨🇦
25 Shots on goal 28
13 Hits 12
9 Blocked shots 11
9 Takeaways 10
18 Giveaways 20
30 Penalty minutes 24
COL shooting 8.0% (2/25) MTL shooting 14.3% (4/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:27 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Andy Moog
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 20-4-6 (67% win rate, 30 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 16-9-5 (53% win rate, 30 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 20-4-6 (67% win rate, 30 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 16-9-5 (53% win rate, 30 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Forsberg · Sakic · Deadmarsh 26:00
L2 Kamensky · Messier · Lemieux 18:47
L3 Lacroix · Yelle · Kurri 12:30
L4 Corbet · Donovan 8:44
D1 Ozolinsh · Krupp 21:26
D2 Foote · Lefebvre 17:32
D3 Gusarov · Klemm 12:24
D4 Leroux 2:12
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 19:24
L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Koivu 17:43
L3 Savage · Bureau · Bure 13:46
L4 Thornton · Tucker · Stevenson 8:08
D1 Brisebois · Quintal 25:08
D2 Manson · Popovic 23:10
D3 Rivet · Malakhov 9:19

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 5, 1997
🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL
7–3 · Avalanche won
Nov 9, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL
2–5 · Avalanche won
Feb 5, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · Avalanche won
Nov 25, 1995
🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs MTL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Canadiens on December 8, 1997?

Canadiens won 4–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Canadiens?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Canadiens 4.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Canadiens 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
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Dec 6
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–6 · COL won
Next game · Dec 10
🏔️COL @ 🍁TOR
2–2 · COL won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 6
🗽NYR @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–3 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 10
🎵STL @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 · MTL won
Also on December 8, 1997
🌵PHX @ 🗽NYR
1–3 final
⭐DAL @ 🍁TOR
0–3 final
🐋VAN @ 🎵STL
1–5 final
Avalanche season page Canadiens season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule