🏛️ Away Senators 18-16-1 before this game

1–4

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 18-13-5 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
OTT	0	0	0	1
MTL	0	0	0	4

Senators at Canadiens

Canadiens beat Senators 4–1 at Bell Centre on December 20, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 20, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Brian Savage

2 G

4 shots · 15:08 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Martin Rucinsky

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 16:54 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

2 A

5 shots · 22:11 TOI

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏛️OTT MTL🇨🇦

26 Shots on goal 36

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/4

32 Hits 34

14 Blocked shots 15

4 Takeaways 3

13 Giveaways 29

18 Penalty minutes 18

OTT shooting 3.8% (1/26) MTL shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏛️Senators

Damian Rhodes

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Andy Moog

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Senators

Senators — tied after 1st: 18-16-1 (51% win rate, 35 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 18-13-5 (50% win rate, 36 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Senators

Senators — tied after 2nd: 18-16-1 (51% win rate, 35 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 18-13-5 (50% win rate, 36 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏛️Senators

L1 McEachern · Yashin · Daigle 19:10

L2 Lambert · Bonk · Dackell 16:40

L3 Cunneyworth · Van Allen · Zholtok 13:57

L4 Vial · Armstrong 9:13

D1 Laukkanen · York 23:46

D2 Kravchuk · Redden 20:15

D3 Phillips · Pitlick 16:36

D4 Neckar 16:06

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 21:30

L2 Rucinsky · Brunet · Koivu 16:54

L3 Savage · Bureau · Bure 15:54

L4 Thornton · Bordeleau · Tucker 7:03

D1 Malakhov · Manson 22:46

D2 Brisebois · Quintal 19:47

D3 Popovic · Clark 13:52

⚔️ Last meetings

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Senators won

2–2 (OT) · Senators won

Dec 23, 1996

🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL

6–0 · Senators won

❓ OTT vs MTL, answered

Who won Senators vs Canadiens on December 20, 1997?

Canadiens won 4–1.

What was the final score of Senators vs Canadiens?

The final score was Senators 1, Canadiens 4.

How did the Senators goalie play?

Damian Rhodes made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Andy Moog made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Senators vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Senators vs Canadiens season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–1 after 3 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

🏛️Senators

Previous game · Dec 18

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 19

Also on December 20, 1997

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