Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 22, 1998 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 on Wednesday, April 22, 1998 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 34–27.
Peter Forsberg scored twice. Bill Guerin, Dean McAmmond and Boris Mironov also scored.
Curtis Joseph made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
2nd period
Peter Forsberg (1)Sandis Ozolinsh (1), Claude Lemieux (1)0–115:31 COL ·
3rd period
- Peter Forsberg (2)Claude Lemieux (2)0–200:17 COL
Bill Guerin (1)Doug Weight (1), Drake Berehowsky (1)1–211:02 EDM · 
Dean McAmmond (1)Todd Marchant (1), Janne Niinimaa (1)2–212:22 EDM
Boris Mironov (1)Ryan Smyth (1), Tony Hrkac (1)3–214:51 EDM
Team stats
EDMCOL
3427
42%58%
1/71/4
1420
1515
97
10
39
Penalties
- 3:13 into the first period
Jeff Odgers · roughing2 min - 11:31 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · elbowing2 min
- 12:37 into the first period
Bill Guerin · holding obstruction2 min - 13:59 into the first periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodDoug Weight · cross checking2 min
- 1:28 into the second periodAdam Foote · boarding2 min
- 7:14 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodRene Corbet · slashing2 min
- 12:09 into the second periodDean McAmmond · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:18 into the second periodRyan Smyth · tripping2 min
- 18:03 into the second periodAaron Miller · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodJeff Odgers · roughing2 min
- 3:32 into the third periodTodd Marchant · hooking2 min
- 10:48 into the third periodAlexei Gusarov · holding2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · roughing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 18:47 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:48 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:59 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 18:58 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:08 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:13 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:58 |
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 20:46 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:06 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:34 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:58 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:46 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 25:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 23:12 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:45 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:56 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:35 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:02 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:01 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:45 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:06 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:05 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |