Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Sunday, April 26, 1998 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, April 26, 1998 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Avalanche outshot the Oilers 35–31.
Adam Deadmarsh scored twice and Claude Lemieux scored twice. Boris Mironov, Doug Weight, Bill Guerin, Kelly Buchberger and Joe Sakic also scored.
Patrick Roy made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Adam Deadmarsh (1)Uwe Krupp (1), Joe Sakic (2)1–003:50 COL
Claude Lemieux (1)Peter Forsberg (4), Sandis Ozolinsh (4)2–014:19 COL ·
2nd period
Boris Mironov (2)Rem Murray (1), Mike Grier (1)2–106:50 EDM- Adam Deadmarsh (2)Sandis Ozolinsh (5), Joe Sakic (3)3–109:51 COL ·
Doug Weight (1)Roman Hamrlik (3), Boris Mironov (2)3–216:44 EDM ·
3rd period
- Claude Lemieux (2)Sandis Ozolinsh (6), Valeri Kamensky (2)4–202:14 COL
Bill Guerin (4)Doug Weight (3), Drake Berehowsky (2)4–311:11 EDM
Kelly Buchberger (1)Tony Hrkac (2)4–412:32 EDM
Overtime
Joe Sakic (2)Sandis Ozolinsh (7)5–415:25 COL
Team stats
COLEDM
3531
56%44%
2/41/6
1410
4152
1814
59
421
Penalties
- 0:43 into the first period
Peter Forsberg · holding the stick2 min - 5:03 into the first period
Mike Grier · cross checking2 min - 13:16 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 0:40 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · interference2 min
- 8:41 into the second periodMats Lindgren · cross checking2 min
- 15:37 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:54 into the second periodTom Fitzgerald · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:32 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · interference2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · cross checking2 min
- 18:07 into the third periodMats Lindgren · interference2 min
- 14:59 into overtimePeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 14:59 into overtimeDean McAmmond · interference2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 4 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 24:24 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 30:23 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:17 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 20:56 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 28:40 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 21:56 |
| 10Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:00 |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:14 |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:34 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:59 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:02 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 28:11 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 27:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 29:42 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 31:41 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:26 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:30 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:55 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 38:00 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:43 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:36 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:28 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:05 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:07 |
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 32:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |