Ottawa Senators vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, February 23, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Ottawa Senators 4–3 on Sunday, February 23, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Senators 34–23.
Goals came from Shaun Van Allen, Eric Lacroix, Tom Chorske, Sergei Zholtok, Claude Lemieux, Scott Young and Sandis Ozolinsh.
Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 10 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Shaun Van Allen (7)Janne Laukkanen (16), Jason York (15)1–018:43 OTT
2nd period
Eric Lacroix (17)Mike Ricci (15), Adam Deadmarsh (21)1–111:08 COL ·
3rd period
Tom Chorske (10)Frantisek Musil (5)2–102:37 OTT
Sergei Zholtok (9)Daniel Alfredsson (33), Steve Duchesne (22)3–105:01 OTT · 
Claude Lemieux (6)Peter Forsberg (41), Valeri Kamensky (28)3–213:53 COL
Scott Young (17)Joe Sakic (43), Alexei Gusarov (11)3–315:42 COL
Sandis Ozolinsh (20)Peter Forsberg (42)3–416:14 COL
Team stats
OTTCOL
2334
0%0%
1/31/6
148
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:08 into the first period
Shawn McEachern · hooking obstruction2 min - 19:30 into the first period
Rene Corbet · holding2 min - 1:50 into the second periodJanne Laukkanen · holding2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:44 into the second periodJason York · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:45 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · slashing2 min
- 4:06 into the third periodAdam Foote · slashing2 min
- 6:54 into the third periodJason York · cross checking2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · slashing2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodKeith Jones · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodLance Pitlick · cross checking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 21 | 1 | .952 | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 13 | 3 | .769 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |