New Jersey Devils vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 14, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the New Jersey Devils 4–2 on Saturday, March 14, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Devils 22–19.
Mark Recchi scored twice. Sergei Brylin, Bobby Holik, Brian Savage and Saku Koivu also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Recchi (26)Benoit Brunet (12), Peter Popovic (5)0–108:22 MTL
2nd period
Sergei Brylin (1)Doug Bodger (9), Randy Mckay (23)1–106:13 NJD
Bobby Holik (29)Dave Andreychuk (27), Randy Mckay (24)2–111:22 NJD
Brian Savage (23)Stephane Quintal (8), Scott Thornton (8)2–219:33 MTL
3rd period
- Mark Recchi (27)Saku Koivu (37), Patrice Brisebois (23)2–301:15 MTL ·
Saku Koivu (13)Marc Bureau (3)2–419:23 MTL · ·
Team stats
NJDMTL
1922
40%60%
0/71/6
1214
1216
412
1415
75
Penalties
- 14:39 into the first period
Vladimir Malakhov · tripping2 min - 17:33 into the first periodScott Thornton · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:17 into the second period
Ken Daneyko · hooking2 min - 3:55 into the second periodTurner Stevenson · interference2 min
- 7:48 into the second periodBrian Savage · slashing2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodJason Arnott · hooking2 min
- 14:31 into the second periodBobby Holik · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:59 into the second periodLyle Odelein · hooking2 min
- 0:55 into the third periodPetr Sykora · high sticking2 min
- 3:39 into the third periodMarc Bureau · hooking2 min
- 11:24 into the third periodBenoit Brunet · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:23 into the third periodSteve Thomas · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:06 into the third periodPeter Popovic · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:52 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:47 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 5Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:34 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:33 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:15 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:38 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:28 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:47 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:31 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 19 | 2 | .895 |