Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 7, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–3 on Wednesday, May 7, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 38–24.
Kelly Buchberger scored twice. Peter Forsberg, Jason Arnott, Valeri Kamensky, Claude Lemieux and Ryan Smyth also scored.
Curtis Joseph made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Forsberg (5)Valeri Kamensky (6), Sandis Ozolinsh (7)1–002:25 COL · 
Kelly Buchberger (4)Greg De Vries (1), Jason Arnott (5)1–103:20 EDM
Jason Arnott (2)Ryan Smyth (4), Kelly Buchberger (2)1–219:48 EDM
2nd period
Valeri Kamensky (7)Claude Lemieux (7), Sandis Ozolinsh (8)2–207:29 COL · 
Claude Lemieux (8)Peter Forsberg (11), Sandis Ozolinsh (9)3–211:24 COL
3rd period
- Kelly Buchberger (5)Boris Mironov (5)3–313:57 EDM
Ryan Smyth (4)Dan Mcgillis (5), Jason Arnott (6)3–416:15 EDM
Team stats
COLEDM
2438
0%0%
2/50/6
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:33 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · holding2 min - 3:33 into the first period
Aaron Miller · holding obstruction2 min - 6:57 into the first periodTodd Marchant · cross checking2 min
- 7:14 into the first periodLuke Richardson · cross checking2 min
- 8:21 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · interference2 min
- 12:07 into the first periodRene Corbet · roughing2 min
- 12:28 into the first periodDoug Weight · interference2 min
- 13:55 into the first periodAdam Foote · elbowing2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodStephane Yelle · interference2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodRene Corbet · roughing2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodBoris Mironov · high sticking2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodBoris Mironov · roughing2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodLuke Richardson · kneeing2 min
- 4:01 into the third periodPatrick Roy · roughing2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodMike Ricci · roughing2 min
- 17:51 into the third periodJoe Hulbig · roughing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 35Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 24 | 3 | .875 |