🏔️ Away Avalanche 5-2-0 before this game

2–1

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 3-5-0 before this game

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

Avalanche at Canadiens

Avalanche beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on October 20, 1999.

🗓 Wed, Oct 20, 1999 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Milan Hejduk

2 G

3 shots · 20:15 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Joe Sakic

1 A

3 shots · 23:20 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Adam Deadmarsh

1 A

2 shots · 21:23 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk Go-ahead 1st · 16:13

Unassisted · beat Jose Theodore

1–0

2nd period

🏔️ Milan Hejduk PP 2nd · 05:03

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Joe Sakic · beat Jose Theodore

2–0

3rd period

🇨🇦 Brian Savage PP 3rd · 10:56

Assists: Martin Rucinsky, Saku Koivu · beat Patrick Roy

2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL MTL🇨🇦

19 Shots on goal 26

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

22 Hits 24

9 Blocked shots 21

15 Takeaways 16

17 Giveaways 26

15 Penalty minutes 19

COL shooting 10.5% (2/19) MTL shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore

17/19

.895 SV% · 2 GA · 59:05 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 — 2–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Deadmarsh · Hejduk 21:23

L2 Podein · Tanguay · Yelle 17:14

L3 Reid · Drury · Lemieux 15:09

L4 Messier · Donovan · Odgers 4:43

D1 Foote · Ozolinsh 26:30

D2 Miller · De Vries 19:34

D3 Skoula · Klemm 8:56

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Koivu · Zubrus 23:07

L2 Rucinsky · Darby · Stevenson 17:28

L3 Poulin · Thornton · Linden 12:38

L4 Ribeiro · Higgins · Cummins 9:20

D1 Weinrich · Lachance 25:14

D2 Guren · Robidas 17:28

D3 Ulanov · Bouillon 14:06

⚔️ Last meetings

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

1–1 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ COL vs MTL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Canadiens on October 20, 1999?

Avalanche won 2–1.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Canadiens?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk (2).

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brian Savage.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 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 · Oct 16

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Oct 18

Also on October 20, 1999

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