🐋 Away Canucks 32-19-8 before this game
2–1
Final
🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 22-31-7 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 1102
MTL 1001

Canucks at Canadiens

Canucks beat Canadiens 2–1 at Bell Centre on February 21, 2001.

🗓 Wed, Feb 21, 2001 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 2000-01 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Markus Naslund
1 G
4 shots · 18:44 TOI · +1
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Daniel Sedin
1 G
3 shots · 13:03 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Henrik Sedin
1 A
1 shots · 13:30 TOI

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Matthieu Descôteaux PP Go-ahead 1st · 15:06
Assists: Craig Darby, Chad Kilger · beat Dan Cloutier
0–1
🐋 Daniel Sedin PP Tying 1st · 19:56
Assists: Henrik Sedin, Peter Schaefer · beat Jose Theodore
1–1
2nd period
🐋 Markus Naslund Go-ahead 2nd · 01:53
Assists: Andrew Cassels · beat Jose Theodore
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN MTL🇨🇦
22 Shots on goal 27
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
26 Hits 20
10 Blocked shots 14
18 Takeaways 9
9 Giveaways 23
12 Penalty minutes 4
VAN shooting 9.1% (2/22) MTL shooting 3.7% (1/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Dan Cloutier
26/27
.963 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jose Theodore
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 58:59 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 32-19-8 (54% win rate, 59 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 22-31-7 (37% win rate, 60 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Naslund · Brashear · Bertuzzi 17:49
L2 Schaefer · Morrison · Cassels 16:18
L3 Cooke · Sedin · Sedin 13:30
L4 Pederson · Druken 9:45
D1 Jovanovski · Ohlund 24:22
D2 Lachance · Baron 20:52
D3 Sopel · Strudwick 13:41
D4 Helmer 10:08
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Rucinsky · Koivu · Petrov 24:02
L2 Kilger · Linden · Darby 19:00
L3 Poulin · Witehall · Zubrus 16:20
L4 Belanger · Lind · Landry 2:50
D1 Robidas · Brisebois 24:08
D2 Souray · Descôteaux 19:24
D3 Dykhuis · Markov 13:55

⚔️ Last meetings

Canucks lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Dec 27, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN
2–3 · Canucks won
Nov 30, 2000
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN
4–3 · Canadiens won
Nov 27, 1999
🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL
1–2 · Canadiens won
Oct 9, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN
1–4 · Canucks won
Mar 27, 1999
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN
1–5 · Canucks won

❓ VAN vs MTL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Canadiens on February 21, 2001?

Canucks won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Canadiens?

The final score was Canucks 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Canucks?

Daniel Sedin, Markus Naslund.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Matthieu Descôteaux.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Dan Cloutier made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Canadiens season series?

Canucks 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
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Feb 18
🏝️NYI @ 🐋VAN
2–3 · VAN won
Next game · Feb 22
🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR
1–4 · TOR won
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Feb 18
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
0–4 · OTT won
Next game · Feb 23
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
Also on February 21, 2001
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
2–3 final
🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
🐦ATL @ 🌪️CAR
3–6 final
🧥CBJ @ 🌵PHX
2–3 final
🐙DET @ 🪶CHI
7–3 final
🌲MIN @ ⭐DAL
2–6 final
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
0–1 final
🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL
2–8 final
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