Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Friday, May 9, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 in overtime on Friday, May 9, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Avalanche outshot the Oilers 41–29.
Goals came from Valeri Kamensky, Todd Marchant, Ryan Smyth, Sandis Ozolinsh and Claude Lemieux.
Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 38 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Valeri Kamensky (8)Adam Foote (3)1–003:06 COL
2nd period
Todd Marchant (3)Unassisted1–107:08 EDM · 
Ryan Smyth (5)Doug Weight (7), Boris Mironov (6)1–212:47 EDM · 
Sandis Ozolinsh (4)Claude Lemieux (8), Joe Sakic (14)2–218:40 COL ·
Overtime
Claude Lemieux (9)Valeri Kamensky (7), Joe Sakic (15)3–208:35 COL
Team stats
COLEDM
4129
0%0%
1/31/4
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:53 into the first period
Valeri Kamensky · cross checking2 min - 9:53 into the first period
Ryan Smyth · spearing double minor4 min - 14:21 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · tripping2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodGreg De Vries · roughing2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodAlexei Gusarov · roughing2 min
- 13:32 into the second periodAdam Foote · cross checking2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodMike Grier · slashing2 min
- 8:40 into the third periodJoe Sakic · interference2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 11 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Yves SaraultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 35Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 41 | 3 | .927 |