New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, April 24, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, April 24, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 59–41.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Scott Niedermayer, Patrik Elias, Turner Stevenson, Lyle Odelein and Patrice Brisebois also scored.
Jose Theodore made 56 saves on 59 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 37 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Niedermayer (1)Doug Gilmour (3), Shawn Chambers (3)1–003:11 NJD · 
Patrik Elias (2)John MacLean (4)2–011:53 NJD
2nd period
Mark Recchi (3)Unassisted2–107:42 MTL
3rd period
Turner Stevenson (1)Unassisted2–202:41 MTL- Mark Recchi (4)Benoit Brunet (2), Saku Koivu (2)2–305:03 MTL
Lyle Odelein (1)Patrik Elias (2), Valeri Zelepukin (2)3–318:24 NJD
3rd overtime
Patrice Brisebois (1)Saku Koivu (3), Benoit Brunet (3)3–407:37 MTL
Team stats
NJDMTL
5941
0%0%
1/40/1
1016
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:53 into the first period
Turner Stevenson · interference obstruction2 min - 12:29 into the first periodMark Recchi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:29 into the first period
Bobby Holik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 17:53 into the first periodKen Daneyko · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodStephane Quintal · cross checking2 min
- 11:30 into the third periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 11:30 into the third periodLyle Odelein · roughing2 min
- 14:40 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · cross checking2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodBenoit Brunet · roughing2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodBrian Rolston · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into overtimeShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 13:10 into overtimeKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
- 18:11 into overtimeVincent Damphousse · cross checking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 26Patrik EliasC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 2Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 41 | 4 | .902 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 30Turner StevensonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 42Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 37Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 59 | 3 | .949 |