Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 28, 1998 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–1 on Tuesday, April 28, 1998 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 27–25.
Peter Forsberg scored twice. Ryan Smyth and Claude Lemieux also scored.
Patrick Roy made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Smyth (1)Doug Weight (4), Roman Hamrlik (4)0–117:52 EDM · 
Peter Forsberg (5)Claude Lemieux (3), Valeri Kamensky (3)1–118:09 COL
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (3)Peter Forsberg (5), Alexei Gusarov (1)2–110:59 COL- Peter Forsberg (6)Unassisted3–119:35 COL ·
Team stats
COLEDM
2527
56%44%
0/21/4
1410
1328
189
412
79
Penalties
- 4:26 into the first period
Doug Weight · slashing2 min - 6:40 into the first period
Uwe Krupp · roughing2 min - 6:40 into the first periodBoris Mironov · slashing2 min
- 17:24 into the first periodEric Lacroix · high sticking2 min
- 18:30 into the first periodKeith Jones · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:30 into the first periodDean McAmmond · slashing2 min
- 4:35 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · cross checking2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodStephane Yelle · cross checking2 min
- 18:19 into the second periodBoris Mironov · cross checking2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodJoe Sakic · hooking2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodKeith Jones · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the third periodDean McAmmond · roughing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 23:11 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 17:27 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 10Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:36 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:22 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 22:33 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:12 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | 21:03 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:53 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:24 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:30 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:50 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |