Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1998 · Centre Molson

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4–3

Final

SOG 25–35

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Senators 35-25.

Brian Savage scored twice. Pat Falloon, Stephane Quintal, Igor Kravchuk, Alexei Yashin and Andreas Dackell also scored.

Ron Tugnutt made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 21 of 25.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
OTT	1	2	1	4	25
MTL	1	1	1	3	35

Scoring

1st period

Pat Falloon (7)Alexei Yashin (22), Janne Laukkanen (16)1–008:31 OTT
Stephane Quintal (6)Marc Bureau (2), Sebastien Bordeleau (7)1–118:51 MTL

2nd period

Brian Savage (18)Patrice Brisebois (20), Dave Manson (21)1–205:13 MTL
Igor Kravchuk (6)Shawn McEachern (20), Daniel Alfredsson (12)2–207:02 OTT
Alexei Yashin (23)Stan Neckar (2), Chris Phillips (8)3–214:33 OTT

3rd period

Andreas Dackell (8)Chris Phillips (9)4–204:54 OTT
Brian Savage (19)Mark Recchi (28), Patrick Poulin (10)4–316:42 MTL · PPG

Team stats

OTTMTL

25Shots on goal35

49%Faceoff %51%

0/3Power play1/4

15Penalty minutes13

23Hits23

10Blocked shots9

9Giveaways15

3Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 00:46Benoit Brunet · interference2 min
1st 05:13Randy Cunneyworth · interference2 min
1st 10:34Mick Vukota · fighting5 min
1st 10:34Chris Murray · fighting5 min
1st 11:52Brian Savage · high sticking2 min
1st 13:19Daniel Alfredsson · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 16:50Patrick Poulin · hooking2 min
2nd 13:06Dave Manson · roughing2 min
2nd 13:06Daniel Alfredsson · slashing2 min
3rd 09:31Chris Phillips · holding2 min
3rd 15:26Jason York · tripping2 min

Season series

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters

19Alexei YashinC	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	35	21:03
4Chris PhillipsD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	–	21:08
10Andreas DackellR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:09
11Daniel AlfredssonR	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	4	–	17:33
12Pat FalloonR	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	0	–	18:22
15Shawn McEachernL	0	1	1	+2	2	3	0	0	50	16:42
24Stan NeckarD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	0	–	24:02
27Janne LaukkanenD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:30
29Igor KravchukD	1	0	1	+1	2	4	4	0	–	23:06
7Randy CunneyworthL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	–	16:50
14Radek BonkC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	73	11:41
16Sergei ZholtokC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	71	07:29
17Chris MurrayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	03:51
20Magnus ArvedsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:34
22Shaun Van AllenC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	35	14:56
28Denny LambertL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:02
2Lance PitlickD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	–	15:59
33Jason YorkD	0	0	0	+2	2	4	1	2	–	22:45

Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Damian RhodesG		0	0	0	–	–
31Ron TugnuttG	W	35	32	3	.914	59:47

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

49Brian SavageL	2	0	2	+1	5	1	0	2	67	21:34
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	50	20:40
28Marc BureauC	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	40	10:18
37Patrick PoulinL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	2	–	17:54
71Sebastien BordeleauC	0	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	75	11:18
5Stephane QuintalD	1	0	1	-2	1	1	4	0	–	19:28
22Dave MansonD	0	1	1	+1	5	3	0	2	–	19:21
43Patrice BriseboisD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	100	21:16
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	17:10
20Valeri BureR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	12:57
21Mick VukotaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	00:55
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	08:33
24Scott ThorntonL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:06
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	47	22:42
26Martin RucinskyL	0	0	0	-1	3	4	1	0	–	22:00
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	15:44
38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	–	25:16
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	14:21

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Andy MoogG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:05
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–