Colorado Avalanche vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 8, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Monday, December 8, 1997 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Avalanche 28–25.
Goals came from Joe Sakic, Marc Bureau, Stephane Quintal, Benoit Brunet, Mark Recchi and Jon Klemm.
Andy Moog made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Sakic (16)Adam Deadmarsh (9)1–001:59 COL
2nd period
Marc Bureau (4)Peter Popovic (3), Turner Stevenson (1)1–107:28 MTL
Stephane Quintal (3)Dave Manson (8)1–210:29 MTL
3rd period
Benoit Brunet (4)Marc Bureau (1)1–311:02 MTL · 
Mark Recchi (14)Saku Koivu (22), Patrice Brisebois (11)1–416:02 MTL
Jon Klemm (4)Eric Lacroix (8), Joe Sakic (19)2–417:53 COL
Team stats
COLMTL
2528
41%59%
0/50/3
3024
1312
911
1820
910
Penalties
- 0:45 into the first period
Rene Corbet · roughing2 min - 0:45 into the first period
Darcy Tucker · roughing2 min - 6:25 into the first periodSaku Koivu · high sticking2 min
- 12:15 into the first periodRene Corbet · fighting5 min
- 12:15 into the first periodDarcy Tucker · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the first periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodScott Thornton · roughing2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodCraig Rivet · slashing2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · instigator2 min
- 3:59 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · fighting5 min
- 3:59 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · misconduct10 min
- 3:59 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 8:15 into the second periodValeri Kamensky · elbowing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodDarcy Tucker · high sticking2 min
- 14:57 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodDave Manson · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:38 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 20:55 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 26:06 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 18:47 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:38 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:12 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 28Marc BureauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:46 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:43 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:08 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:34 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:29 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:42 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:09 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:14 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:10 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:05 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |