Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Saturday, March 1, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum

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5–4

32–38

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 on Saturday, March 1, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canadiens 38–32.

Scott Thornton scored twice. Valeri Bure, Petr Klima, Jason Arnott, David Wilkie, Ryan Smyth, Mark Recchi and Mike Grier also scored.

Goals
MTL	2	2	1	5	32
EDM	3	1	0	4	38

Scoring

1st period

Valeri Bure (11)Marc Bureau (7), Scott Thornton (7)1–002:40 MTL
Petr Klima (2)Rem Murray (15), Todd Marchant (15)1–107:35 EDM
Jason Arnott (16)Petr Klima (8), Doug Weight (46)1–211:45 EDM ·
David Wilkie (6)Saku Koivu (33), Shayne Corson (13)2–214:34 MTL
Ryan Smyth (28)Petr Klima (9)2–315:56 EDM ·

2nd period

Scott Thornton (9)Valeri Bure (15)3–306:18 MTL
Mark Recchi (30)Valeri Bure (16), Shayne Corson (14)4–308:37 MTL ·
Mike Grier (10)Rem Murray (16), Doug Weight (47)4–419:13 EDM

3rd period

Scott Thornton (10)Marc Bureau (8)5–407:12 MTL

Team stats

MTLEDM

3238

0%0%

1/32/6

148

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Penalties

10:21 into the first periodPeter Popovic · holding obstruction2 min
11:07 into the first periodStephane Quintal · high sticking2 min
14:39 into the first periodChris Murray · interference obstruction2 min
16:39 into the first periodTodd Marchant · roughing2 min
16:39 into the first periodSaku Koivu · roughing2 min
17:20 into the first periodGreg De Vries · slashing2 min
7:51 into the second periodJeff Norton · holding2 min
13:15 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · interference obstruction2 min
4:34 into the third periodRyan Smyth · slashing2 min
11:19 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
19:32 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · cross checking2 min

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