Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1998 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–3 on Friday, January 2, 1998 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 37–25.
Scott Fraser scored twice, Vincent Damphousse scored twice and Saku Koivu scored twice. Boris Mironov and Mark Recchi also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 25 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Fraser (1)Rem Murray (6), Joe Hulbig (2)0–110:47 EDM ·
2nd period
Vincent Damphousse (11)Dave Manson (13), Brian Savage (6)1–111:51 MTL
Boris Mironov (9)Doug Weight (23), Roman Hamrlik (13)1–214:03 EDM · - Scott Fraser (2)Todd Marchant (10), Mats Lindgren (7)1–317:42 EDM
3rd period
Saku Koivu (9)Mark Recchi (23), Valeri Bure (19)2–309:47 MTL · - Vincent Damphousse (12)Martin Rucinsky (17), Brian Savage (7)3–316:06 MTL
- Saku Koivu (10)Mark Recchi (24), Shayne Corson (27)4–317:52 MTL
Mark Recchi (19)Saku Koivu (28), Shayne Corson (28)5–319:30 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLEDM
3725
59%41%
1/42/8
168
2837
1215
69
1115
Penalties
- 4:16 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · cross checking2 min - 5:51 into the first period
Vladimir Malakhov · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:21 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
- 9:21 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · high sticking2 min
- 16:33 into the first periodMark Recchi · interference2 min
- 18:58 into the first periodBoris Mironov · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 2:45 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 13:00 into the second periodMark Recchi · roughing2 min
- 18:36 into the second periodDrake Berehowsky · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodBrett Clark · interference2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodMats Lindgren · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 20:43 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 23:55 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:50 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13:29 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:58 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:49 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:18 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:14 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:59 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:59 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 25 | 3 | .880 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Scott FraserR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 4 | 19:58 |
| 12Joe HulbigL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:22 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:04 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | 21:00 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 26:56 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 8Doug FriedmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:22 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:36 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:09 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |