Montréal Canadiens vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Thursday, November 13, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-2 on Thursday, November 13, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Canadiens 37-24.
Brian Savage scored twice and Rick Tocchet scored twice. Peter Popovic, Benoit Brunet and Marc Bureau also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 19 of 24.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 MTL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 37 |
Scoring
1st period
Peter Popovic (1)Brian Savage (2), Sebastien Bordeleau (5)1–002:00 MTL
Brian Savage (2)Benoit Brunet (5), Sebastien Bordeleau (6)2–008:32 MTL
Rick Tocchet (6)Teppo Numminen (4), Gerald Diduck (4)2–115:22 PHX- Brian Savage (3)Vladimir Malakhov (13), Stephane Quintal (3)3–115:55 MTL
2nd period
Benoit Brunet (3)Scott Thornton (2), Patrice Brisebois (6)4–104:27 MTL- Rick Tocchet (7)Brad Isbister (3), Teppo Numminen (5)4–219:31 PHX
3rd period
Marc Bureau (2)Unassisted5–207:31 MTL
Team stats
MTLPHX
24Shots on goal37
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play0/5
12Penalty minutes8
10Hits14
4Blocked shots7
2Giveaways5
5Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 04:25Brad Isbister · interference2 min
- 1st 09:18Gerald Diduck · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1st 19:02Brian Savage · slashing2 min
- 2nd 05:57Saku Koivu · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:25Sebastien Bordeleau · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 11:25Rick Tocchet · roughing2 min
- 3rd 00:53Martin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 03:43Jason Doig · tripping2 min
- 3rd 08:04Saku Koivu · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:37Martin Rucinsky · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 49Brian SavageL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 08:31 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:56 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:39 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:29 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:02 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 37 | 35 | 2 | .946 | 60:00 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 92Rick TocchetR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:56 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:16 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:33 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:05 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:07 |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 09:25 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 7 | 20:56 |
| 2Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:43 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:38 |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 55Jason DoigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 12:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 24 | 19 | 5 | .792 | 59:56 |