Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, March 17, 1991 · Montreal Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Sunday, March 17, 1991 at Montreal Forum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 34–23.
Goals came from Martin Gelinas, Anatoli Semenov, Esa Tikkanen, Stephane Richer, Craig Simpson and Shayne Corson.
Grant Fuhr made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Andre Racicot stopped 30 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (20)Esa Tikkanen (37), Joe Murphy (34)1–008:42 EDM · 
Anatoli Semenov (13)Esa Tikkanen (38), Craig MacTavish (15)2–017:54 EDM
2nd period
Esa Tikkanen (26)Unassisted3–015:31 EDM
Stephane Richer (29)Stephan Lebeau (29), Shayne Corson (22)3–117:40 MTL
3rd period
Craig Simpson (29)Glenn Anderson (29), Mark Messier (46)4–104:38 EDM
Shayne Corson (20)Stephane Richer (27), Stephan Lebeau (30)4–209:02 MTL ·
Team stats
EDMMTL
3423
0%0%
1/41/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Kelly Buchberger · hooking2 min - 7:53 into the first period
Mike Keane · interference2 min - 10:19 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · spearing double minor4 min
- 1:49 into the second periodMark Messier · hooking2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodAlain Cote · cross checking2 min
- 4:16 into the second periodAlain Cote · roughing2 min
- 1:38 into the third periodLyle Odelein · holding2 min
- 8:47 into the third periodJeff Beukeboom · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Joe MurphyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Craig SimpsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Anatoli SemenovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 20Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Ken LinsemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Brad AitkenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 6Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 47Stephan LebeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Ryan WalterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17John LeClairL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Mike McpheeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 45Gilbert DionneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Frederic ChabotG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Andre RacicotG | L | 34 | 4 | .882 |