Hartford Whalers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, April 5, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, April 5, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Whalers 32–31.
Goals came from Glen Wesley, Kent Manderville, Chris Murray, Martin Rucinsky and Keith Primeau.
Sean Burke made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 27 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Wesley (5)Robert Kron (10), Steve Chiasson (20)1–009:03 HFD · 
Kent Manderville (6)Chris Murray (3)2–009:47 HFD
2nd period
Chris Murray (5)Kent Manderville (5)3–002:54 HFD
3rd period
Martin Rucinsky (27)Benoit Brunet (12), Vincent Damphousse (53)3–106:20 MTL
Keith Primeau (25)Unassisted4–118:59 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDMTL
3132
0%0%
1/50/4
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:49 into the first period
Stu Grimson · elbowing2 min - 7:38 into the first period
Saku Koivu · roughing2 min - 10:47 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:27 into the first periodStephane Quintal · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · roughing2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 10:29 into the second periodStephane Quintal · kneeing2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodAdam Burt · cross checking2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
- 7:12 into the third periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 10:40 into the third periodChris Murray · holding2 min
- 14:00 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 17Chris MurrayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 32 | 1 | .969 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |