🏔️ Away Avalanche 9-9-0 before this game

3–2

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 9-9-0 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	1	0	2	3
MTL	0	1	1	2

Avalanche at Canadiens

Avalanche beat Canadiens 3–2 at Bell Centre on November 21, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Nov 21, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vladimir Malakhov

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 23:14 TOI

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

2 A

1 shots · 18:56 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Stephane Yelle

1 G

4 shots · 10:46 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Stephane Yelle Go-ahead 1st · 14:07

Assists: Rene Corbet, Shjon Podein

1–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Benoit Brunet Tying 2nd · 05:19

Assists: Vladimir Malakhov, Mark Recchi

1–1

3rd period

🏔️ Valeri Kamensky Go-ahead 3rd · 03:06

Assists: Claude Lemieux, Peter Forsberg

2–1

🏔️ Milan Hejduk 3rd · 15:51

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Joe Sakic

3–1

🇨🇦 Vladimir Malakhov PP 3rd · 19:49

Assists: Mark Recchi, Vincent Damphousse

3–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL MTL🇨🇦

26 Shots on goal 22

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

15 Hits 26

30 Blocked shots 10

13 Takeaways 29

67 Giveaways 59

14 Penalty minutes 12

COL shooting 11.5% (3/26) MTL shooting 9.1% (2/22)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

20/22

.909 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jeff Hackett

23/26

.885 SV% · 3 GA · 58:03 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–1

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 9-9 (50% win rate, 18 games)

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 9-9 (50% win rate, 18 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Lemieux 22:34

L2 Kamensky · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 20:45

L3 Podein · Corbet · Yelle 14:05

L4 Drury · Donovan · Odgers 3:39

D1 Miller · De Vries 30:43

D2 Russell · Smith 23:04

D3 Buchanan · White 0:40

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Rucinsky · Savage · Damphousse 23:26

L2 Brunet · Recchi · Hoglund 17:48

L3 Bashkirov · Houde · Stevenson 12:48

L4 McCleary · Higgins 3:48

D1 Brisebois · Malakhov 24:54

D2 Weinrich · Quintal 19:48

D3 Rivet · Ulanov 16:28

D4 Nasreddine 1:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Dec 29, 1997

🇨🇦MTL @ 🏔️COL

1–1 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ COL vs MTL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Canadiens on November 21, 1998?

Avalanche won 3–2.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Canadiens?

The final score was Avalanche 3, Canadiens 2.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk, Stephane Yelle, Valeri Kamensky.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Benoit Brunet, Vladimir Malakhov.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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?

Avalanche 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 · Nov 19

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Nov 19

Also on November 21, 1998

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