Montréal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Tuesday, December 29, 1998 · Skyreach Centre

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5–2

Final

SOG 34–22

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-2 on Tuesday, December 29, 1998 at Skyreach Centre. The Canadiens outshot the Oilers 34-22.

Mark Recchi scored twice. Brett Clark, Rem Murray, Josef Beranek, Shayne Corson and Sergei Zholtok also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	2	3	0	5	34
EDM	2	0	0	2	22

Scoring

1st period

Brett Clark (2)Turner Stevenson (10), Jason Dawe (4)1–002:11 MTL
Mark Recchi (6)Unassisted2–005:56 MTL · EN
Rem Murray (8)Boyd Devereaux (5), Pat Falloon (8)2–113:27 EDM
Josef Beranek (9)Unassisted2–214:15 EDM

2nd period

Shayne Corson (5)Mark Recchi (19), Saku Koivu (5)3–203:04 MTL · PPG
Sergei Zholtok (1)Unassisted4–203:59 MTL
Mark Recchi (7)Saku Koivu (6)5–206:04 MTL

Team stats

MTLEDM

34Shots on goal22

54%Faceoff %46%

1/5Power play0/4

10Penalty minutes12

20Hits22

14Blocked shots16

20Giveaways22

4Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 05:56Mark Recchi · tripping2 min
1st 11:13Roman Hamrlik · holding2 min
1st 17:40Josef Beranek · roughing2 min
1st 17:40Mark Recchi · roughing2 min
2nd 03:00Andrei Kovalenko · high sticking2 min
2nd 13:22Janne Niinimaa · holding2 min
2nd 14:53Jason Dawe · interference2 min
3rd 03:32Vladimir Malakhov · hooking2 min
3rd 11:16Pat Falloon · tripping2 min
3rd 15:22Roman Hamrlik · holding2 min
3rd 16:14Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

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