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2017-18 regular season

Canucks at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0

Canadiens beat Canucks 5–2 at Bell Centre on January 7, 2018.

VAN – MTL
36–45
Shots on goal
0/3–1/3
Power play
31–22
Hits
24–13
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Brendan Gallagher
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 13:22 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Karl Alzner
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:37 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Carey Price
34 saves
0.944 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Karl Alzner Go-ahead 1st · 09:39
Unassisted · beat Anders Nilsson
0–1
2nd period
🇨🇦 Alex Galchenyuk PP 2nd · 02:12
Assists: Jeff Petry, Jonathan Drouin · beat Anders Nilsson
0–2
🐋 Daniel Sedin 2nd · 13:04
Assists: Alexander Edler, Henrik Sedin · beat Carey Price
1–2
3rd period
🐋 Michael Del Zotto Tying 3rd · 02:47
Assists: Brock Boeser, Daniel Sedin · beat Carey Price
2–2
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Go-ahead 3rd · 08:44
Assists: Karl Alzner · beat Anders Nilsson
2–3
🇨🇦 Paul Byron 3rd · 18:45
Assists: Brendan Gallagher · beat Anders Nilsson
2–4
🇨🇦 Max Pacioretty Empty net 3rd · 19:01
Assists: Phillip Danault, Jeff Petry
2–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Eriksson · Granlund · Boeser 19:38
L2 Gagner · Dowd · Sedin 15:32
L3 Vanek · Sedin · Baertschi 15:02
L4 Gaunce · Chaput · Virtanen 10:26
D1 Stecher · Edler 22:08
D2 Del Zotto · Gudbranson 20:02
D3 Pouliot · Hutton 15:29
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Pacioretty · Drouin · Galchenyuk 18:11
L2 Hudon · Lehkonen · Danault 16:56
L3 Byron · Plekanec · Gallagher 13:22
L4 Deslauriers · de la Rose · Shaw 10:09
D1 Petry · Schlemko 21:18
D2 Jerabek · Benn 19:30
D3 Morrow · Alzner 17:12

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN MTL🇨🇦
36 Shots on goal 45
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
31 Hits 22
24 Blocked shots 13
10 Takeaways 14
14 Giveaways 8
6 Penalty minutes 6
VAN shooting 5.6% (2/36) MTL shooting 11.1% (5/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Anders Nilsson
40/44
.909 SV% · 4 GA · 59:36 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
34/36
.944 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Karl Alzner · 1st 09:39 · 0–1 Alex Galchenyuk · 2nd 02:12 · 0–2 Daniel Sedin · 2nd 13:04 · 1–2 Michael Del Zotto · 3rd 02:47 · 2–2 Brendan Gallagher · 3rd 08:44 · 2–3 Paul Byron · 3rd 18:45 · 2–4 Max Pacioretty · 3rd 19:01 · 2–5
VAN MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-6 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-4-2 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 3-1-1 (60% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 2–0
Dec 192017 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 7–5 Mar 72017 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 2–1 OT Nov 22016 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 0–3 Nov 162015 🐋VAN @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 OT Oct 272015 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐋VAN 1–5
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VAN vs MTL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Canadiens on January 7, 2018?

Canadiens won 5–2. The final score was Canucks 2, Canadiens 5.

Who scored for Canucks?

Daniel Sedin, Michael Del Zotto.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Alex Galchenyuk, Brendan Gallagher, Karl Alzner, Max Pacioretty, Paul Byron.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Anders Nilsson made 40 saves on 44 shots (.909 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 34 saves on 36 shots (.944 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?

Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeJan 6 🐋VAN @ 🍁TOR 2–3 AfterJan 9 🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH 1–3
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeJan 4 ⚡TBL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 AfterJan 13 🐻BOS @ 🇨🇦MTL 4–3
Also on January 7
😈NJD 4–5 🏝️NYI ⚔️BUF 1–4 🔔PHI 🦈SJS 1–4 ✈️WPG 🎵STL 3–4 🦅WSH 🛢️EDM 1–4 🪶CHI 🐆FLA 2–3 🧥CBJ ⚡TBL 5–2 🐙DET 🐻BOS 5–6 🐧PIT
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