Montréal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 1997 · Capital Centre
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Washington Capitals 6–5 on Wednesday, November 26, 1997 at Capital Centre. The Capitals outshot the Canadiens 31–27.
Shayne Corson scored twice, Richard Zednik scored twice and Mark Recchi scored twice. Valeri Bure, Peter Bondra, Stephane Quintal, Jeff Toms and Mark Tinordi also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 6 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Shayne Corson (10)Saku Koivu (18), Mark Recchi (16)1–010:23 MTL- Shayne Corson (11)Saku Koivu (19), Vladimir Malakhov (14)2–014:05 MTL ·
Richard Zednik (6)Steve Konowalchuk (7), Mark Tinordi (4)2–115:29 WSH
2nd period
- Richard Zednik (7)Phil Housley (12), Steve Konowalchuk (8)2–202:47 WSH
Valeri Bure (7)Martin Rucinsky (9)3–204:54 MTL
Peter Bondra (17)Jan Bulis (5), Phil Housley (13)3–310:53 WSH
Mark Recchi (11)Martin Rucinsky (10), Vincent Damphousse (10)4–314:31 MTL
Stephane Quintal (2)Scott Thornton (3), Darcy Tucker (5)5–316:42 MTL
3rd period
Jeff Toms (2)Sergei Gonchar (3), Phil Housley (14)5–402:35 WSH- Mark Recchi (12)Shayne Corson (19), Vincent Damphousse (11)6–405:18 MTL
Mark Tinordi (6)Dale Hunter (6), Kelly Miller (1)6–508:30 WSH
Team stats
MTLWSH
2731
54%46%
1/40/4
1010
66
58
414
65
Penalties
- 5:19 into the first period
Darcy Tucker · hooking obstruction2 min - 10:57 into the first periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
- 13:16 into the first period
Sylvain Cote · interference2 min - 17:53 into the first periodPhil Housley · roughing2 min
- 6:59 into the second periodOlie Kolzig · delaying game2 min
- 18:07 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 8:54 into the third periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 11:17 into the third periodSergei Gonchar · holding obstruction2 min
- 14:53 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 14:53 into the third periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:22 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:59 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:07 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:10 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 46Matt HigginsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:06 |
| 51David LingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:51 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:58 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:59 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Washington Capitals
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 23:37 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 15:44 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 29:30 |
| 21Jeff TomsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:14 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 22:05 |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:50 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:27 |
| 2Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:00 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 7 | 1 | .857 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 20 | 5 | .750 |