Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Saturday, December 6, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena

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4–6

Final

SOG 35–40

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-4 on Saturday, December 6, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Canucks 40-35.

Pavel Bure scored a hat trick and Eric Lacroix scored twice. Shean Donovan, Adam Deadmarsh, Jyrki Lumme, Valeri Kamensky and Alexei Gusarov also scored.

Patrick Roy made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 15 of 17.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
VAN	1	2	1	4	35
COL	2	2	2	6	40

Scoring

1st period

Pavel Bure (16)Mark Messier (12)1–000:48 VAN
Shean Donovan (4)Joe Sakic (17), Jeff Odgers (2)1–106:29 COL
Adam Deadmarsh (9)Peter Forsberg (29)1–210:30 COL

2nd period

Jyrki Lumme (3)Pavel Bure (17), Alexander Mogilny (6)2–204:19 VAN · PPG
Eric Lacroix (5)Joe Sakic (18), Adam Foote (7)2–306:56 COL
Eric Lacroix (6)Peter Forsberg (30), Uwe Krupp (9)2–412:10 COL
Pavel Bure (17)Mark Messier (13)3–413:51 VAN · SHG

3rd period

Valeri Kamensky (11)Stephane Yelle (6), Shean Donovan (5)3–511:02 COL
Alexei Gusarov (2)Unassisted3–619:08 COL · SHG · EN
Pavel Bure (18)Alexander Mogilny (7), Mattias Ohlund (12)4–619:32 VAN · PPG

Team stats

VANCOL

35Shots on goal40

49%Faceoff %51%

2/5Power play0/5

24Penalty minutes24

2Hits9

8Blocked shots6

4Giveaways1

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 00:35Eric Lacroix · slashing2 min
1st 00:35Brian Noonan · tripping2 min
1st 08:10Adam Deadmarsh · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 12:35Steve Staios · high sticking2 min
1st 19:18Brian Noonan · roughing2 min
2nd 03:04Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min
2nd 03:04Dana Murzyn · fighting5 min
2nd 03:50Adam Deadmarsh · slashing2 min
2nd 07:18Francois Leroux · roughing2 min
2nd 07:18Brian Noonan · roughing2 min
2nd 09:41Adam Deadmarsh · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 12:15Francois Leroux · fighting5 min
2nd 12:15Donald Brashear · fighting5 min
2nd 12:58Dana Murzyn · slashing2 min
2nd 14:29Grant Ledyard · elbowing2 min
2nd 17:10Shean Donovan · holding2 min
3rd 06:12Pavel Bure · slashing2 min
3rd 18:52Eric Messier · slashing2 min

Season series

Vancouver Canucks

Vancouver Canucks skaters

10Pavel BureR	3	1	4	-1	7	0	0	2	–	23:03
11Mark MessierC	0	2	2	-1	2	0	1	0	52	23:52
89Alexander MogilnyR	0	2	2	-2	3	0	0	0	25	24:23
2Mattias OhlundD	0	1	1	-1	7	0	1	0	–	27:42
21Jyrki LummeD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	2	0	–	16:03
7David RobertsL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	02:21
8Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	09:18
17Lonny BohonosR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	05:01
19Markus NaslundL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	09:57
20Dave ScatchardC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	61	11:43
23Martin GelinasL	0	0	0	-4	2	0	1	0	33	17:54
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	17	08:07
26Mike SillingerC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	75	06:10
28Brian NoonanR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	6	–	14:24
3Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	–	20:56
4Grant LedyardD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	10:06
5Dana MurzynD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	7	–	19:41
25Steve StaiosD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	02:30

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Kirk McLeanG		22	19	3	.864	26:56
32Arturs IrbeG	L	17	15	2	.882	32:16

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

12Shean DonovanR	1	1	2	+3	3	1	0	2	–	10:41
19Joe SakicC	0	2	2	+3	5	0	0	0	56	23:41
21Peter ForsbergC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	50	23:41
28Eric LacroixL	2	0	2	+1	3	2	0	2	–	11:33
13Valeri KamenskyL	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	20:45
16Jeff OdgersR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	5	–	02:49
18Adam DeadmarshR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	6	67	16:04
26Stephane YelleC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	0	50	18:42
4Uwe KruppD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	18:54
5Alexei GusarovD	1	0	1	+3	1	0	0	0	–	15:48
52Adam FooteD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	2	0	–	21:44
20Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	25	11:02
22Claude LemieuxR	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	0	–	19:37
29Eric MessierL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	19:48
2Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	0	–	17:04
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:06
24Jon KlemmD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	12:14
27Francois LerouxD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	04:27

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Patrick RoyG	W	35	31	4	.886	59:47