Montréal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1997 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–2 on Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 34–30.
Shawn McEachern scored twice. Stephane Richer, Steve Duchesne, Alexei Yashin, Daniel Alfredsson and Darcy Tucker also scored.
Ron Tugnutt made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Stephane Richer (22)Vladimir Malakhov (18)1–010:45 MTL
2nd period
Steve Duchesne (17)Wade Redden (22), Daniel Alfredsson (42)1–106:48 OTT · 
Alexei Yashin (33)Bruce Gardiner (8), Wade Redden (23)1–207:17 OTT
3rd period
Shawn McEachern (9)Alexei Yashin (36), Bruce Gardiner (9)1–300:45 OTT- Shawn McEachern (10)Alexei Yashin (37), Bruce Gardiner (10)1–403:07 OTT
Daniel Alfredsson (24)Unassisted1–512:40 OTT · 
Darcy Tucker (7)Unassisted2–518:17 MTL
Team stats
MTLOTT
3034
0%0%
0/41/6
2420
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:59 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · interference obstruction2 min - 8:14 into the first period
Randy Cunneyworth · interference obstruction2 min - 14:06 into the first periodDavid Wilkie · elbowing2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 14:05 into the second periodDarcy Tucker · fighting5 min
- 14:05 into the second periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 15:02 into the second periodJason York · cross checking2 min
- 7:00 into the third periodCraig Rivet · slashing2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · roughing2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodLance Pitlick · cross checking2 min
- 10:23 into the third periodLance Pitlick · slashing2 min
- 12:29 into the third periodRandy Cunneyworth · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:17 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the third periodLance Pitlick · fighting5 min
- 19:54 into the third periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 6 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |