🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 19-18-4 before this game
1–5
Final
🐙 Home Red Wings 21-18-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1001
DET 3115

Canadiens at Red Wings

Red Wings beat Canadiens 5–1 at Little Caesars Arena on January 12, 1999.

🗓 Tue, Jan 12, 1999 · 18:30 CST 📍 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐙 DET
Vyacheslav Kozlov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:23 TOI · +2
2nd star 🐙 DET
Sergei Fedorov
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 17:57 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐙 DET
Doug Brown
1 G
3 shots · 11:33 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Brian Savage Go-ahead 1st · 06:21
Assists: Saku Koivu
1–0
🐙 Vyacheslav Kozlov Tying 1st · 09:57
Assists: Sergei Fedorov
1–1
🐙 Sergei Fedorov Go-ahead 1st · 10:30
Assists: Todd Gill, Vyacheslav Kozlov
1–2
🐙 Nicklas Lidstrom SH 1st · 19:16
Unassisted
1–3
2nd period
🐙 Jamie Macoun 2nd · 02:20
Unassisted
1–4
3rd period
🐙 Doug Brown 3rd · 07:11
Assists: Stacy Roest, Tomas Holmstrom
1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL DET🐙
18 Shots on goal 39
31 Hits 30
11 Blocked shots 6
11 Takeaways 6
8 Giveaways 14
8 Penalty minutes 6
MTL shooting 5.6% (1/18) DET shooting 12.8% (5/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Frederic Chabot
18/19
.947 SV% · 1 GA · 37:40 TOI
Jeff Hackett
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 22:20 TOI
🐙Red Wings
Chris Osgood
17/18
.944 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–3
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–4
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Red Wings
Red Wings: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Brunet · Hoglund 19:20
L2 Savage · Koivu · Recchi 14:56
L3 Rucinsky · Damphousse · Dawe 13:52
L4 Poulin · Thornton · Zholtok 12:51
D1 Weinrich · Ulanov 22:57
D2 Quintal · Malakhov 20:35
D3 Rivet · Clark 15:18
🐙Red Wings
L1 Yzerman · Fedorov · McCarty 17:57
L2 Kozlov · Draper · Dandenault 16:23
L3 Shanahan · Larionov · Lapointe 14:53
L4 Maltby · Holmstrom · Brown 12:37
L5 Roest 9:26
D1 Lidstrom · Gill 21:32
D2 Murphy · Eriksson 19:48
D3 Macoun 17:59

⚔️ Last meetings

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →
Oct 24, 1998
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–0 · Red Wings won
Nov 28, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
0–2 · Red Wings won
Nov 22, 1997
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
5–2 · Red Wings won
Jan 20, 1997
🐙DET @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–4 · Canadiens won
Oct 30, 1996
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐙DET
3–5 · Red Wings won

❓ MTL vs DET, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Red Wings on January 12, 1999?

Red Wings won 5–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Red Wings?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Red Wings 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage.

Who scored for Red Wings?

Doug Brown, Jamie Macoun, Nicklas Lidstrom, Sergei Fedorov, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Frederic Chabot made 18 saves on 19 shots (.947 save percentage).

How did the Red Wings goalie play?

Chris Osgood made 17 saves on 18 shots (.944 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Red Wings played?

At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, the Red Wings home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Red Wings season series?

Red Wings lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Jan 11
🎵STL @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–3 · MTL won
Next game · Jan 15
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
3–0 · MTL won
🐙Red Wings
Previous game · Jan 10
🐙DET @ 🏛️OTT
1–4 · OTT won
Next game · Jan 14
🐯NSH @ 🐙DET
1–2 · DET won
Also on January 12, 1999
🍁TOR @ ⚡TBL
4–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🛢️EDM
2–2 final
Canadiens season page Red Wings season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule