New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Sunday, January 25, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Sunday, January 25, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Devils outshot the Canadiens 41–20.
Goals came from Lyle Odelein, Bobby Holik, Mark Recchi and Brian Rolston.
Martin Brodeur made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 38 of 40.
Scoring
1st period
Lyle Odelein (2)Randy Mckay (18), Scott Stevens (15)1–014:36 NJD
2nd period
Bobby Holik (22)Randy Mckay (19), Dave Andreychuk (19)2–016:28 NJD
3rd period
Mark Recchi (24)Patrick Poulin (8), Benoit Brunet (8)2–112:41 MTL
Brian Rolston (10)Unassisted3–119:40 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDMTL
4120
48%52%
0/10/3
2117
196
159
1137
01
Penalties
- 6:07 into the first period
Mick Vukota · fighting5 min - 6:07 into the first period
Scott Daniels · fighting5 min - 6:37 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 6:37 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 7:05 into the first periodPatrik Elias · tripping2 min
- 18:24 into the first periodMartin Rucinsky · high sticking2 min
- 10:25 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 10:25 into the second periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 2:55 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · tripping obstruction2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodMartin Brodeur · delaying game2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:30 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:45 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 25:21 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 23:57 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:54 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14:25 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:28 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:30 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12:47 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 20 | 1 | .950 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:21 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 15Eric HoudeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:31 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:38 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:03 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 40 | 2 | .950 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |