The Edmonton Oilers lost to the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 3, on January 2, 1998.

Final

Canadiens

22-15-6

5

Oilers

11-21-9

3

Team

MTL

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

EDM

Scott Fraser (PP) assisted by Rem Murray and Joe Hulbig

2nd period

MTL

EDM

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Dave Manson and Brian Savage

Boris Mironov (PP) assisted by Doug Weight and Roman Hamrlik

Scott Fraser (EV) assisted by Todd Marchant and Mats Lindgren

3rd period

MTL

EDM

Saku Koivu (PP) assisted by Mark Recchi and Valeri Bure

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky and Brian Savage

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi and Shayne Corson

Mark Recchi (EV-EN) assisted by Saku Koivu and Shayne Corson

Canadiens

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	25	22	.880	3	3.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	5	40.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	2	1	3	+2	0	1	0	1	3	66.7
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	2	3	+1	4	0	1	0	3	33.3
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Curtis Joseph (L) C. Joseph	0	1	0	36	32	.889	4	4.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Drake Berehowsky D. Berehowsky	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Greg De Vries G. De Vries	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Fraser S. Fraser	2	0	2	-2	0	1	0	4	50.0
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0
Joe Hulbig J. Hulbig	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0
Mats Lindgren M. Lindgren	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dan McGillis D. McGillis	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	2	50.0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1	0.0
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Weight D. Weight	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	6	0.0