Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Sunday, May 11, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 on Sunday, May 11, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena.
Adam Deadmarsh scored twice. Joe Sakic, Todd Marchant, Jason Arnott, Claude Lemieux and Andrei Kovalenko also scored.
Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Sakic (4)Alexei Gusarov (3)0–113:56 COL
2nd period
Adam Deadmarsh (2)Sandis Ozolinsh (10)0–204:56 COL
Todd Marchant (4)Rem Murray (2), Boris Mironov (7)1–209:38 EDM · 
Jason Arnott (3)Andrei Kovalenko (3), Doug Weight (8)2–217:52 EDM
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (10)Valeri Kamensky (8)2–300:35 COL
Andrei Kovalenko (4)Boris Mironov (8), Ryan Smyth (5)3–313:49 EDM · - Adam Deadmarsh (3)Valeri Kamensky (9), Claude Lemieux (9)3–418:52 COL ·
Team stats
EDMCOL
2929
0%0%
1/31/2
1214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:43 into the first period
Mike Keane · cross checking2 min - 13:43 into the first period
Andrei Kovalenko · slashing2 min - 18:39 into the first periodMike Keane · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodAdam Foote · high sticking2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodValeri Kamensky · roughing2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · high sticking2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodDrew Bannister · roughing2 min
- 7:41 into the second periodSteve Kelly · roughing2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodValeri Kamensky · high sticking2 min
- 12:42 into the third periodMike Keane · cross checking2 min
- 17:40 into the third periodAndrei Kovalenko · cross checking2 min
- 19:18 into the third periodMike Keane · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 35Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 8 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Yves SaraultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |