Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, March 7, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Montréal Canadiens 2–0 on Friday, March 7, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Canadiens 39–26.
Goals came from Robert Kron and Steve Chiasson.
Sean Burke made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 37 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Robert Kron (7)Sami Kapanen (10), Gerald Diduck (10)0–116:00 HFD
2nd period
Steve Chiasson (6)Curtis Leschyshyn (16), Jeff O'Neill (16)0–203:00 HFD ·
Team stats
MTLHFD
2639
0%0%
0/41/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Jeff O'Neill · holding obstruction2 min - 17:59 into the first periodSteven Rice · interference obstruction2 min
- 1:10 into the second period
Saku Koivu · holding the stick2 min - 6:20 into the second periodMarek Malik · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:48 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · tripping2 min
- 12:02 into the third periodSteven Rice · cross checking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 19:10 into the third periodKeith Primeau · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 39 | 2 | .949 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 26 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |