Montréal Canadiens vs Anaheim Ducks

Regular season · Wednesday, November 12, 1997 · Arrowhead Pond

4–3

36–25

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Anaheim Ducks 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, November 12, 1997 at Arrowhead Pond. The Canadiens outshot the Ducks 36–25.

Goals came from Saku Koivu, Kevin Todd, Joe Sacco, Martin Rucinsky, Ruslan Salei, Vladimir Malakhov and Valeri Bure.

Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Guy Hebert stopped 32 of 36.

Goals
MTL	1	0	2	1	4	36
ANA	1	0	2	0	3	25

Scoring

1st period

Saku Koivu (5)Shayne Corson (16), Peter Popovic (1)1–008:22 MTL
Kevin Todd (2)Unassisted1–109:05 ANA

3rd period

Joe Sacco (1)Unassisted1–211:30 ANA ·
Martin Rucinsky (7)Stephane Richer (2), Mark Recchi (12)2–212:38 MTL ·
Ruslan Salei (3)Dmitri Mironov (9), Steve Rucchin (7)2–317:06 ANA ·
Vladimir Malakhov (5)Mark Recchi (13), Saku Koivu (13)3–318:23 MTL ·

Overtime

Valeri Bure (6)Martin Rucinsky (7), Peter Popovic (2)4–304:07 MTL

Team stats

MTLANA

3625

54%46%

2/51/5

3333

2231

410

325

Penalties

1:12 into the first periodKevin Todd · hooking obstruction2 min
3:50 into the first periodVincent Damphousse · high sticking2 min
6:06 into the first periodWarren Rychel · elbowing2 min
6:06 into the first periodWarren Rychel · fighting5 min
6:06 into the first periodCraig Rivet · slashing2 min
6:06 into the first periodCraig Rivet · fighting5 min
16:46 into the first periodValeri Bure · hooking2 min
7:34 into the second periodWarren Rychel · holding obstruction2 min
15:30 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · interference obstruction2 min
0:50 into the third periodTed Drury · holding obstruction2 min
1:16 into the third periodJoe Sacco · roughing2 min
1:16 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
5:26 into the third periodSaku Koivu · hooking obstruction2 min
10:39 into the third periodWarren Rychel · interference obstruction2 min
10:39 into the third periodWarren Rychel · misconduct10 min
16:35 into the third periodJason Marshall · interference obstruction2 min
16:35 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · roughing2 min
16:55 into the third periodDave Manson · misconduct10 min
16:55 into the third periodStephane Quintal · hooking2 min
17:26 into the third periodJoe Sacco · interference obstruction2 min
1:29 into overtimeJason Marshall · slashing2 min
1:29 into overtimeVincent Damphousse · slashing2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

8Mark RecchiR	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	22	20:42
11Saku KoivuC	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	2	65	1	0	21	18:03
26Martin RucinskyL	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	0	–	0	0	24	19:53
34Peter PopovicD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	–	1	0	20	17:37
20Valeri BureR	1	0	1	+1	6	1	0	2	100	0	1	24	18:58
27Shayne CorsonL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	22	19:24
44Stephane RicherR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	15	12:53
38Vladimir MalakhovD	1	0	1	−1	3	4	0	2	–	0	0	24	27:04
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	19	15:29
24Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100	0	0	10	09:05
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	0	0	+1	6	3	0	8	37	0	0	26	20:22
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60	0	0	13	09:32
49Brian SavageL	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	43	0	0	16	12:32
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	53	0	1	15	11:35
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	2	–	0	0	23	20:15
22Dave MansonD	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	10	–	0	0	21	17:51
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	0	0	−1	3	2	1	0	–	1	0	26	22:22
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	–	0	0	15	14:36

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
41Jocelyn ThibaultG	W	25	22	3	.880	64:07
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Anaheim Ducks

Anaheim Ducks skaters

12Kevin ToddC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	2	29	1	3	19	13:38
14Joe SaccoL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	100	0	3	20	16:24
20Steve RucchinC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	46	1	2	24	21:48
15Dmitri MironovD	0	1	1	−2	3	1	0	0	–	0	1	27	25:31
24Ruslan SaleiD	1	0	1	−1	4	5	2	0	–	0	2	25	23:09
8Teemu SelanneR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	4	1	25	25:21
10Sean ProngerC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	14	11:19
13Ted DruryC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	100	1	2	19	13:30
16Warren RychelL	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	21	–	0	0	10	08:30
17Tomas SandstromR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	0	1	14	09:38
18Mark JanssensC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	1	1	17	13:14
32Richard ParkR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	50	0	1	18	13:50
45Matt CullenC	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	56	0	1	12	08:59
48Scott YoungR	0	0	0	−2	4	2	1	0	–	1	1	25	19:46
7Pavel TrnkaD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	0	2	13	10:34
23Jason MarshallD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	–	0	2	27	24:03
33Dave KarpaD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	22	17:28
36J.J. DaigneaultD	0	0	0	−1	0	4	2	0	–	0	2	28	26:29

Anaheim Ducks goalies
Goalie
31Guy HebertG	L	36	32	4	.889	64:07
35Mikhail ShtalenkovG		0	0	0	–	–