Edmonton Oilers vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Monday, December 22, 1997 · Centre Molson
Scoring
1st period
Brian Savage (9)Mark Recchi (21), Saku Koivu (25)0–104:33 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (10)Dave Manson (10), Shayne Corson (25)0–206:21 MTL
Doug Weight (10)Boris Mironov (8), Ryan Smyth (9)1–210:04 EDM ·
2nd period
- Doug Weight (11)Unassisted2–201:23 EDM
Scott Thornton (2)Patrice Brisebois (14), Valeri Bure (17)2–307:11 MTL
3rd period
Ryan Smyth (12)Jason Arnott (11), Doug Weight (22)3–319:50 EDM
Team stats
EDMMTL
3826
48%52%
1/50/3
813
2722
810
118
44
Penalties
- 8:28 into the first period
Drake Berehowsky · roughing2 min - 8:28 into the first period
Scott Thornton · fighting5 min - 8:57 into the first periodVladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
- 14:50 into the first periodRyan Smyth · holding the stick2 min
- 18:52 into the first periodMats Lindgren · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodPeter Popovic · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:02 into the third periodValeri Bure · high sticking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodBrian Savage · cross checking2 min
- 11:19 into the third periodJason Arnott · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 23:55 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 16:09 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:56 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 28:05 |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 04:58 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:29 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 03:19 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 25:20 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 23:07 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | T | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:38 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:38 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:48 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:50 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:54 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:16 |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:59 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 26:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | T | 38 | 3 | .921 |