Montréal Canadiens vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Thursday, December 31, 1998 · Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Calgary Flames 2–1 on Thursday, December 31, 1998 at Canadian Airlines Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Canadiens 26–24.
Goals came from Michael Nylander, Jonas Hoglund and Eric Weinrich.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Nylander (2)Cale Hulse (3), Valeri Bure (16)0–102:23 CGY
Jonas Hoglund (6)Eric Weinrich (9), Saku Koivu (7)1–116:17 MTL ·
2nd period
Eric Weinrich (3)Saku Koivu (8), Shayne Corson (8)2–100:22 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLCGY
2426
42%58%
2/30/4
108
1620
1520
517
1410
Penalties
- 5:25 into the first period
Benoit Brunet · interference2 min - 7:47 into the first period
Clarke Wilm · slashing2 min - 8:36 into the first periodEric Weinrich · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:06 into the first periodClarke Wilm · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:27 into the first periodBob Bassen · interference2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodTodd Simpson · roughing2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodShayne Corson · roughing2 min
- 5:06 into the second periodMark Recchi · roughing2 min
- 19:39 into the third periodShayne Corson · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.