Pittsburgh Penguins vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1997 · Centre Molson

5–8

31–33

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–5 on Wednesday, March 26, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Penguins 33–31.

Stephane Richer scored twice, Mark Recchi scored twice and Mario Lemieux scored twice. Shayne Corson, Turner Stevenson, Ron Francis, Kevin Hatcher, Saku Koivu, Jason Woolley and Vincent Damphousse also scored.

Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Philippe De Rouville stopped 24 of 28.

Goals
PIT	0	3	2	5	31
MTL	5	1	2	8	33

Scoring

1st period

Shayne Corson (6)Mark Recchi (41)0–101:08 MTL
Turner Stevenson (7)Scott Thornton (8), Darcy Tucker (13)0–203:10 MTL
Stephane Richer (20)Benoit Brunet (9)0–306:25 MTL
Mark Recchi (32)Saku Koivu (34), Shayne Corson (15)0–408:16 MTL
Stephane Richer (21)Marc Bureau (9)0–519:12 MTL

2nd period

Ron Francis (23)Mario Lemieux (62), Eddie Olczyk (24)1–502:37 PIT ·
Kevin Hatcher (15)Mario Lemieux (63), Ron Francis (54)2–503:29 PIT ·
Saku Koivu (15)Vladimir Malakhov (17), Mark Recchi (42)2–608:15 MTL ·
Jason Woolley (5)Mario Lemieux (64), Ron Francis (55)3–608:50 PIT

3rd period

Vincent Damphousse (26)Martin Rucinsky (26), Valeri Bure (19)3–701:47 MTL
Mark Recchi (33)Saku Koivu (35), Stephane Quintal (14)3–809:13 MTL
Mario Lemieux (45)Ron Francis (56), Kevin Hatcher (35)4–815:59 PIT
Mario Lemieux (46)Ron Francis (57), Eddie Olczyk (25)5–819:08 PIT ·

Team stats

PITMTL

3133

0%0%

3/61/4

2731

Penalties

12:44 into the first periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
15:09 into the first periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
15:09 into the first periodJeffrey Christian · hooking2 min
15:09 into the first periodJeffrey Christian · fighting5 min
16:42 into the first periodMark Recchi · tripping2 min
19:21 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · interference2 min
0:43 into the second periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
0:43 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
8:05 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · hooking2 min
8:20 into the third periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
8:20 into the third periodCraig Rivet · misconduct10 min
8:20 into the third periodDave Roche · roughing2 min
8:20 into the third periodDave Roche · misconduct10 min
9:46 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · kneeing2 min
14:59 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · roughing2 min
14:59 into the third periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
18:22 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · slashing2 min
19:08 into the third periodMarc Bureau · hooking2 min

Season series

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

10Ron FrancisC	1	4	5	+2	3	0	–	–
66Mario LemieuxC	2	3	5	+2	5	0	–	–
27Eddie OlczykR	0	2	2	0	1	0	–	–
4Kevin HatcherD	1	1	2	−2	2	4	–	–
22Jason WoolleyD	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	–
7Joe MullenR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
9Greg JohnsonC	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
14Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−3	3	0	–	–
16Joe DziedzicL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	–	–
20Roman OksiutaR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	–	–
51Dave RocheL	0	0	0	−2	0	12	–	–
72Jeffrey ChristianL	0	0	0	−3	2	7	–	–
2Chris TamerD	0	0	0	−5	2	0	–	–
6Neil WilkinsonD	0	0	0	−3	0	2	–	–
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
18Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
23Fredrik OlaussonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	−1	5	0	–	–

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
30Philippe De RouvilleG	L	28	24	4	.857	51:44
40Patrick LalimeG		5	1	4	.200	08:16

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

8Mark RecchiR	2	2	4	+3	4	2	–	–
11Saku KoivuC	1	2	3	+3	4	0	–	–
27Shayne CorsonL	1	1	2	+2	2	6	–	–
44Stephane RicherR	2	0	2	+1	2	0	–	–
17Benoit BrunetL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	–	–
18Valeri BureR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	–	–
24Scott ThorntonL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
25Vincent DamphousseC	1	0	1	0	4	0	–	–
26Martin RucinskyL	0	1	1	0	2	4	–	–
28Marc BureauC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	–	–
30Turner StevensonR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	–	–
42Darcy TuckerR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	–	–
5Stephane QuintalD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	–	–
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	1	1	+2	4	0	–	–
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	–	–
35Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	–	–
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	+4	0	17	–	–

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	31	26	5	.839	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–