Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 1997 · Centre Molson

7–3

33–37

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Montréal Canadiens 7–3 on Wednesday, March 5, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Avalanche 37–33.

Martin Rucinsky scored twice and Adam Deadmarsh scored twice. Claude Lemieux, Sylvain Lefebvre, Peter Forsberg, Keith Jones, Stephane Yelle and Stephane Richer also scored.

Goals
COL	2	4	1	7	33
MTL	0	2	1	3	37

Scoring

1st period

Claude Lemieux (8)Sandis Ozolinsh (35), Mike Ricci (16)1–011:20 COL ·
Sylvain Lefebvre (2)Adam Deadmarsh (24), Scott Young (16)2–013:52 COL ·

2nd period

Martin Rucinsky (22)Brian Savage (35), Vincent Damphousse (44)2–100:33 MTL
Peter Forsberg (16)Valeri Kamensky (29)3–101:06 COL
Martin Rucinsky (23)Stephane Richer (20), Vincent Damphousse (45)3–208:08 MTL ·
Keith Jones (22)Peter Forsberg (44), Joe Sakic (44)4–210:22 COL ·
Adam Deadmarsh (26)Scott Young (17)5–211:04 COL
Stephane Yelle (7)Eric Lacroix (15), Mike Keane (13)6–211:52 COL

3rd period

Adam Deadmarsh (27)Unassisted7–212:37 COL
Stephane Richer (17)Peter Popovic (10), Vincent Damphousse (46)7–319:07 MTL

Team stats

COLMTL

3337

0%0%

3/71/5

2024

Penalties

2:59 into the first periodMike Keane · fighting5 min
2:59 into the first periodMurray Baron · fighting5 min
9:54 into the first periodDavid Wilkie · interference obstruction2 min
11:43 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
11:43 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
14:17 into the first periodJoe Sakic · cross checking2 min
16:34 into the first periodMike Keane · high sticking2 min
3:20 into the second periodRene Corbet · holding obstruction2 min
7:30 into the second periodValeri Kamensky · holding stick obstruction2 min
8:36 into the second periodScott Thornton · cross checking2 min
13:49 into the second periodStephane Richer · high sticking2 min
3:04 into the third periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
6:49 into the third periodStephane Yelle · hooking2 min
16:53 into the third periodAdam Deadmarsh · fighting5 min
16:53 into the third periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
16:53 into the third periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series