Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Monday, December 15, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday, December 15, 1997 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Maple Leafs 35-25.
Goals came from Sergei Berezin, Eric Messier, Peter Forsberg, Rene Corbet and Mike Johnson.
Craig Billington made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Sergei Berezin (9)Derek King (11), Steve Sullivan (9)1–001:37 TOR
2nd period
Eric Messier (4)Joe Sakic (23)1–109:14 COL
Peter Forsberg (12)Claude Lemieux (13), Uwe Krupp (12)1–217:42 COL
Rene Corbet (8)Eric Lacroix (10), Joe Sakic (24)1–318:03 COL
3rd period
Mike Johnson (7)Jamie Macoun (6), Mats Sundin (15)2–311:06 TOR
Team stats
TORCOL
25Shots on goal35
43%Faceoff %57%
0/4Power play0/1
11Penalty minutes17
3Hits14
13Blocked shots7
0Giveaways3
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:42
Sergei Berezin · hooking obstruction2 min - 1st 11:28
Sylvain Lefebvre · holding2 min - 2nd 00:37Stephane Yelle · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:59Claude Lemieux · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 00:12Francois Leroux · fighting5 min
- 3rd 00:12Tie Domi · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:04Rene Corbet · tripping2 min
- 3rd 14:45Rene Corbet · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:45Mathieu Schneider · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:04Adam Foote · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:04Darby Hendrickson · holding2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:03 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:04 |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 18Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 22Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 2Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 25Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:14 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:21 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | L | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 59:33 |
| 31Marcel CousineauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13:49 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:06 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:50 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 09:53 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:58 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:33 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:46 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
| 30Marc DenisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |