New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 22, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–4 on Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 27–25.
Mark Recchi scored twice and Valeri Zelepukin scored a hat trick. Patrik Elias, Scott Thornton, Bobby Holik, Saku Koivu and Brian Rolston also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (1)Saku Koivu (1), Benoit Brunet (1)0–100:34 MTL
Patrik Elias (1)Bobby Holik (3), Shawn Chambers (1)1–114:02 NJD · 
Scott Thornton (1)Turner Stevenson (1), Brian Savage (1)1–217:06 MTL
Bobby Holik (1)Jay Pandolfo (1), Dave Ellett (2)2–219:35 NJD
2nd period
- Mark Recchi (2)Valeri Bure (1), Patrice Brisebois (1)2–302:39 MTL
Valeri Zelepukin (1)Bobby Carpenter (1), John MacLean (2)3–304:58 NJD- Valeri Zelepukin (2)John MacLean (3)4–307:15 NJD
3rd period
Saku Koivu (1)Mark Recchi (2)4–404:37 MTL- Valeri Zelepukin (3)Shawn Chambers (2), Patrik Elias (1)5–407:50 NJD ·
Brian Rolston (3)Unassisted6–419:01 NJD · ·
Team stats
NJDMTL
2725
0%0%
2/70/4
814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:50 into the first period
Saku Koivu · holding2 min - 7:36 into the first period
Ken Daneyko · cross checking2 min - 10:48 into the first periodPeter Popovic · cross checking2 min
- 12:12 into the first periodDave Manson · cross checking2 min
- 8:21 into the second periodSaku Koivu · cross checking2 min
- 10:49 into the second periodPatrik Elias · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:56 into the second periodPatrice Brisebois · roughing2 min
- 16:07 into the second periodKen Daneyko · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:09 into the second periodSaku Koivu · slashing2 min
- 7:08 into the third periodSaku Koivu · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodSteve Thomas · slashing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |