New York Islanders vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, April 7, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 2–1 on Monday, April 7, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Islanders 35–26.
Goals came from Vladimir Malakhov, Todd Bertuzzi and Benoit Brunet.
Jocelyn Thibault made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 33 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (9)Valeri Bure (20), Saku Koivu (37)0–107:15 MTL ·
3rd period
Todd Bertuzzi (10)Ken Belanger (2), Dennis Vaske (4)1–106:48 NYI
Benoit Brunet (10)Vladimir Malakhov (19), Martin Rucinsky (27)1–216:50 MTL
Team stats
NYIMTL
2635
0%0%
0/51/5
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:37 into the first period
Darcy Tucker · fighting5 min - 4:37 into the first period
Dan Plante · fighting5 min - 6:49 into the first periodRich Pilon · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodDennis Vaske · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:55 into the first periodJassen Cullimore · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodBenoit Brunet · slashing2 min
- 8:28 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · high sticking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodBryan Berard · roughing2 min
- 19:15 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
- 3:55 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodBryan Berard · hooking2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · cross checking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave McllwainC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |