Montréal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1997 · Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames 3–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 at Canadian Airlines Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Canadiens 30–27.
Goals came from Shayne Corson, Darcy Tucker, Joel Bouchard, Eric Landry and Brian Savage.
Scoring
1st period
Shayne Corson (14)Mark Recchi (22), Valeri Bure (18)1–005:40 MTL · 
Darcy Tucker (1)Turner Stevenson (2)2–006:04 MTL
2nd period
Joel Bouchard (2)Theo Fleury (24), Cory Stillman (13)2–110:27 CGY
Eric Landry (1)Chris Dingman (2), Jonas Hoglund (6)2–214:03 CGY
3rd period
Brian Savage (10)Patrice Brisebois (16), Dave Manson (12)3–213:34 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLCGY
2730
54%46%
2/40/3
810
1522
94
26
1611
Penalties
- 4:39 into the first period
Todd Simpson · tripping2 min - 13:58 into the first period
Peter Popovic · interference obstruction2 min - 15:58 into the first periodJonas Hoglund · tripping2 min
- 4:57 into the second periodDave Manson · tripping2 min
- 17:17 into the second periodPeter Popovic · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:19 into the third periodCory Stillman · slashing2 min
- 4:19 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · slashing2 min
- 6:29 into the third periodJoel Bouchard · holding2 min
- 12:10 into the third periodMichael Nylander · high sticking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.