May 4th, 1984
NHL Conference Finals
Detroit Red Wings (40-35-7) at
Montreal Canadiens (49-28-5)
The Canadiens move into the 3rd round and face the Red Wings. The Red Wings were very good averaging 2.85 goals a game. They were also average allowing 2.71 goals per game. The Wings have a very good PP with a 18.7% PP rate. By comparison, Montreal was below average averaging 2.46 goals per game. Montreal was excellent defensively only allowing 2.21 goals per game but were poor on the PP getting only a 11.5 % success rate.
Detroit will start G
Jason Brewster, the 20 year old has 4 wins with a 3.21 GAA and a .889 save % in 7 playoff games. This is his 1st NHL playoff appearance. He was called into action after their starter (Pablo Barretto day to day) got hurt before the start of the 2nd round. Montreal will start with G
Wilf Nestor, he has 8 wins with a 1.30 GAA and a .925 save % in 9 games. For his career, he has 8 wins a 2.00 GAA and a .918 save % in 13 games.
Detroit open the scoring at 1:39 when RD
Jeremy Behler gets his 2nd of the playoffs to make it 1-0. Montreal tie the score 1-1 at 14:43 when LW
Adrian Andersson gets his 3rd of the playoffs. The shots were 16-11 for Montreal in the 1st. Montreal C
Bryce Spencer got into a fight at 17:07.
Detroit goes up 2-1 at 4:28 when RW
Artie Guilford gets his 5th of the playoffs on the PP. Detroit goes up 3-1 while SH as LW
Connor Percival gets his 3rd of the playoffs at 13:47. Montreal makes it 3-2 at 14:53 when RW
Samuel Hebert gets his 3rd of the playoffs. The shots were 18-8 for Montreal.
There was no scoring in the 3rd as Detroit hangs on to win game one. The shots were 16-5 for Montreal in the 3rd, 50-24 for the game. Detroit was 1 for 4 on the PP while Montreal was 0 for 5 and gave up a critical SH goal.
Detroit RD
Jeremy Behler had a goal in getting the 1st star. The 20 year old now has 2 goals and 6 points with 4 PIMs in 13 playoff games. He has set a career high of 6 point in the NHL playoffs.
Detroit 3
Montreal 2
Detroit leads series 1-0.
Around the NHL........
Nashville Predators RD
Filip Hrbek had a goal in a 4-2 win over the Blues. The 34 year old has 1 goal and 5 points with 8 PIMs. Hrbek set a career high of 7 points in the 1980-81 playoffs. The Predators lead the series 1-0.