Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche

Playoffs · Monday, May 4, 1998 · McNichols Sports Arena

EdmontonOilersAway

4–0

17–31

ColoradoAvalancheHome

Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–0 on Monday, May 4, 1998 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Oilers 31–17.

Goals came from Janne Niinimaa, Bill Guerin, Todd Marchant and Mats Lindgren.

Curtis Joseph made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 13 of 17.

Goals
EDM	2	1	1	4	17
COL	0	0	0	0	31

Scoring

1st period

Janne Niinimaa (1)Tony Hrkac (3), Dean McAmmond (2)1–004:22 EDM
Bill Guerin (6)Doug Weight (7), Dean McAmmond (3)2–019:22 EDM

2nd period

Todd Marchant (1)Kelly Buchberger (1), Mats Lindgren (1)3–008:54 EDM

3rd period

Mats Lindgren (1)Kelly Buchberger (2)4–001:45 EDM

Team stats

EDMCOL

1731

39%61%

0/60/5

1012

414

218

28

78

Penalties

0:39 into the first periodJanne Niinimaa · holding2 min
2:21 into the first periodKeith Jones · roughing2 min
7:21 into the first periodGreg De Vries · cross checking2 min
9:40 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · interference obstruction2 min
11:52 into the first periodAdam Foote · interference obstruction2 min
16:59 into the first periodBoris Mironov · holding2 min
3:22 into the second periodAaron Miller · interference obstruction2 min
14:00 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · cross checking2 min
3:27 into the third periodMike Grier · interference obstruction2 min
8:03 into the third periodValeri Kamensky · cross checking2 min
16:21 into the third periodValeri Kamensky · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers skaters

14Mats LindgrenC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	–	0	0	27	15:39
16Kelly BuchbergerR	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	27	15:08
37Dean McAmmondC	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	24	18:12
9Bill GuerinR	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	43	1	0	23	19:41
20Tony HrkacC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	33	1	0	9	07:27
26Todd MarchantC	1	0	1	+2	1	0	4	0	50	0	1	28	14:44
39Doug WeightC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	11	0	1	22	18:24
24Janne NiinimaaD	1	0	1	+3	1	0	2	2	–	0	0	35	23:49
17Rem MurrayL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38	0	1	32	18:43
18Scott FraserR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	7	05:19
21Valeri ZelepukinL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	2	23	12:47
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	1	23	13:59
94Ryan SmythL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	9	07:14
2Boris MironovD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	2	–	0	0	28	22:54
5Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	17	11:44
6Bobby DollasD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	0	0	30	20:09
15Drake BerehowskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	5	0	–	0	1	23	16:41
22Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	2	–	0	0	30	24:11

Edmonton Oilers goalies
Goalie
30Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	–
31Curtis JosephG	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

10Warren RychelL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	12	08:26
11Keith JonesR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	15	08:54
13Valeri KamenskyL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	4	–	1	0	28	19:28
14Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	80	0	0	18	11:15
18Adam DeadmarshR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	1	0	25	15:38
19Joe SakicC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	59	1	0	33	24:18
20Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	100	0	0	17	09:55
21Peter ForsbergC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	57	1	2	30	22:32
22Claude LemieuxR	0	0	0	−1	7	2	0	0	–	1	1	27	21:08
26Stephane YelleC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	50	0	0	24	16:03
28Eric LacroixL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	–	0	1	19	08:55
2Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	–	0	0	23	17:01
3Aaron MillerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	4	2	–	0	0	20	16:14
4Uwe KruppD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	2	27	19:24
5Alexei GusarovD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	27	19:31
8Sandis OzolinshD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	2	0	23	20:46
24Jon KlemmD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	14	08:24
52Adam FooteD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	2	–	1	2	27	19:27

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	–
33Patrick RoyG	L	17	13	4	.765	59:56