Montréal Canadiens vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 2, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Wednesday, April 2, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 32–25.
Goals came from Keith Primeau, Stephane Quintal, Mark Recchi, Dave Manson and Saku Koivu.
Jocelyn Thibault made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Primeau (22)Unassisted0–116:04 HFD · 
Stephane Quintal (7)Scott Thornton (9), Turner Stevenson (13)1–117:24 MTL
Mark Recchi (34)Saku Koivu (36), Benoit Brunet (10)2–118:17 MTL
2nd period
Dave Manson (4)Unassisted3–115:05 MTL
3rd period
Saku Koivu (16)Benoit Brunet (11), Mark Recchi (43)4–106:56 MTL
Team stats
MTLHFD
3225
0%0%
0/40/3
68
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:02 into the first period
Craig Rivet · holding the stick2 min - 12:10 into the first periodScott Thornton · high sticking2 min
- 12:45 into the first period
Glen Wesley · high sticking2 min - 15:21 into the first periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 1:42 into the second periodKeith Primeau · interference2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodStu Grimson · high sticking2 min
- 9:42 into the third periodPeter Popovic · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |