Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Thursday, April 30, 1998 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–1 on Thursday, April 30, 1998 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 33–31.
Mike Grier scored twice. Stephane Yelle and Bill Guerin also scored.
Curtis Joseph made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 30 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Stephane Yelle (1)Tom Fitzgerald (1)0–116:20 COL
3rd period
Bill Guerin (5)Ryan Smyth (2), Boris Mironov (3)1–104:25 EDM · 
Mike Grier (1)Valeri Zelepukin (1), Rem Murray (2)2–113:11 EDM- Mike Grier (2)Rem Murray (3)3–119:05 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMCOL
3331
48%52%
1/50/2
612
1311
87
27
36
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Jeff Odgers · roughing2 min - 4:52 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · slashing2 min - 9:53 into the first periodDean McAmmond · roughing2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodJoe Sakic · tripping2 min
- 4:05 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:38 into the second periodSandis Ozolinsh · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:28 into the third periodValeri Kamensky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodSandis Ozolinsh · cross checking2 min
- 19:26 into the third periodJeff Odgers · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:05 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:14 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:51 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:56 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:58 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:21 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:27 |
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 14Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:25 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 10Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:48 |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:37 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:30 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:19 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:56 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:59 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:23 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 17:54 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:47 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:24 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 32 | 2 | .938 |