Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 27, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–1 on Saturday, December 27, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Avalanche outshot the Oilers 26–24.
Goals came from Valeri Kamensky, Eric Lacroix, Alexei Gusarov, Peter Forsberg, Jeff Odgers and Doug Weight.
Patrick Roy made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 21 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Valeri Kamensky (12)Stephane Yelle (8), Claude Lemieux (17)1–003:30 COL
Eric Lacroix (8)Sandis Ozolinsh (13), Jeff Odgers (5)2–013:14 COL
2nd period
Alexei Gusarov (3)Peter Forsberg (34)3–007:34 COL
Peter Forsberg (16)Alexei Gusarov (7), Valeri Kamensky (17)4–016:39 COL
3rd period
Jeff Odgers (3)Rene Corbet (4)5–000:53 COL
Doug Weight (13)Unassisted5–118:08 EDM ·
Team stats
COLEDM
2624
56%44%
0/11/2
2028
1840
106
415
711
Penalties
- 16:20 into the first period
Peter Forsberg · hooking2 min - 19:16 into the first period
Boris Mironov · tripping2 min - 6:44 into the second periodRene Corbet · roughing2 min
- 6:44 into the second periodDrake Berehowsky · roughing2 min
- 9:42 into the second periodJeff Odgers · fighting5 min
- 9:42 into the second periodDoug Friedman · fighting5 min
- 15:55 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · roughing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodFrancois Leroux · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodBryan Marchment · game misconduct10 min
- 15:55 into the second periodDoug Weight · slashing2 min
- 15:55 into the second periodBoris Mironov · roughing2 min
- 2:53 into the third periodAdam Deadmarsh · fighting5 min
- 2:53 into the third periodDrake Berehowsky · fighting5 min
- 17:02 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 13:18 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:42 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:47 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 19:24 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 8Doug FriedmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:45 |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:34 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:02 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:12 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:27 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:30 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 26 | 5 | .808 |