St. Louis Blues vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1997 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the St. Louis Blues 4–3 in overtime on Wednesday, December 10, 1997 at Centre Molson.
Goals came from Pierre Turgeon, Jim Campbell, Terry Yake, Dave Manson, Stephane Quintal, Saku Koivu and Vincent Damphousse.
Andy Moog made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Turgeon (2)Steve Duchesne (21)1–006:38 STL
Jim Campbell (8)Geoff Courtnall (10), Pierre Turgeon (11)2–014:34 STL
2nd period
Terry Yake (4)Chris Kenady (2)3–010:33 STL
3rd period
Dave Manson (3)Valeri Bure (14), Martin Rucinsky (12)3–101:28 MTL
Stephane Quintal (4)Vincent Damphousse (13), Martin Rucinsky (13)3–217:05 MTL
Saku Koivu (8)Mark Recchi (18), Shayne Corson (24)3–317:25 MTL
Overtime
Vincent Damphousse (9)Martin Rucinsky (14)3–400:55 MTL
Team stats
STLMTL
2525
42%58%
0/30/4
86
2723
118
1014
61
Penalties
- 1:24 into the first period
Martin Rucinsky · tripping2 min - 4:35 into the first period
Kelly Chase · elbowing2 min - 12:03 into the first periodScott Pellerin · interference2 min
- 15:25 into the first periodBrian Savage · interference2 min
- 17:30 into the first periodChris Pronger · interference2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodPeter Popovic · interference2 min
- 14:44 into the third periodCraig Conroy · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:47 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:53 |
| 12Chris KenadyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 08:33 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:51 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:39 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:34 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:28 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 03:53 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 26:32 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 23:26 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:13 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 26:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 22:36 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:31 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 25:25 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:47 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:34 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:28 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:41 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:58 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:37 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |