🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-23-4 before this game

3–0

Final

🏝️ Home Islanders 14-20-3 before this game

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

Canadiens at Islanders

Canadiens beat Islanders 3–0 at UBS Arena on January 2, 2001.

🗓 Tue, Jan 2, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 UBS Arena, Elmont 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Patrick Poulin

2 G

7 shots · 15:43 TOI · +3

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Juha Lind

2 A

4 shots · 13:33 TOI · +2

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Craig Darby

2 A

2 shots · 17:16 TOI · +2

4rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Jose Theodore

32 saves

1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🇨🇦 Patrick Poulin Go-ahead 2nd · 15:40

Assists: Craig Darby, Juha Lind · beat John Vanbiesbrouck

1–0

3rd period

🇨🇦 Patrick Poulin 3rd · 09:33

Assists: Craig Darby, Juha Lind · beat John Vanbiesbrouck

2–0

🇨🇦 Jose Theodore Empty net 3rd · 19:51

Unassisted

3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL NYI🏝️

35 Shots on goal 32

32 Hits 29

9 Blocked shots 15

2 Takeaways 10

7 Giveaways 11

13 Penalty minutes 17

MTL shooting 8.6% (3/35) NYI shooting 0.0% (0/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jose Theodore Shutout

32/32

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🏝️Islanders

John Vanbiesbrouck

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 58:18 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 12-23-4 (31% win rate, 39 games)

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 14-20-3 (38% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 1–0

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Islanders

Islanders: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Savage · Koivu · Petrov 21:25

L2 Poulin · Lind · Darby 15:43

L3 Kilger · Landry · Campbell 11:49

L4 Bashkirov · Odjick · Asham 9:14

D1 Brisebois · Weinrich 24:42

D2 Robidas · Souray 20:28

D3 Markov · Dykhuis 14:42

🏝️Islanders

L1 Lapointe · Connolly · Czerkawski 21:47

L2 Pyatt · Kvasha · Parrish 15:27

L3 Toms · Scatchard · Lawrence 14:18

L4 Belanger · Muckalt · Kolnik 3:46

D1 Galley · Chara 26:34

D2 Brimanis · Korolev 19:16

D3 Mezei · Schultz 12:58

⚔️ Last meetings

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

1–2 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ MTL vs NYI, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Islanders on January 2, 2001?

Canadiens won 3–0.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Islanders?

The final score was Canadiens 3, Islanders 0.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Patrick Poulin (2), Jose Theodore.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 32 saves on 32 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Islanders played?

At UBS Arena in Elmont, the Islanders home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Islanders season series?

Islanders 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 31

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Dec 30

Also on January 2, 2001

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