Montréal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Tuesday, February 25, 1997 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–2 on Tuesday, February 25, 1997 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Canadiens 30–28.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Vladimir Malakhov, Alexander Mogilny, Jassen Cullimore and Martin Gelinas also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (8)David Wilkie (9), Martin Rucinsky (21)1–016:57 MTL
2nd period
Mark Recchi (28)Saku Koivu (31), Valeri Bure (13)2–004:54 MTL · 
Alexander Mogilny (27)Larry Courville (1), Adrian Aucoin (12)2–106:19 VAN
3rd period
Jassen Cullimore (2)Mark Recchi (34), Vincent Damphousse (43)3–100:39 MTL
Martin Gelinas (19)Pavel Bure (31), Trevor Linden (24)3–213:16 VAN- Mark Recchi (29)Saku Koivu (32), Shayne Corson (11)4–219:26 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLVAN
2830
0%0%
1/50/6
5220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:14 into the first period
Murray Baron · interference obstruction2 min - 2:33 into the first period
Adrian Aucoin · holding stick obstruction2 min - 8:17 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:19 into the first periodMartin Gelinas · hooking2 min
- 16:37 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodGino Odjick · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:04 into the second periodMurray Baron · closing hand on puck2 min
- 13:02 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:24 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · boarding2 min
- 5:49 into the third periodScott Thornton · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:40 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · gross misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the third periodShayne Corson · misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the third periodChris Murray · misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the third periodChris Murray · game misconduct10 min
- 19:26 into the third periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Larry CourvilleL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |