The Edmonton Oilers were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 5 to 4, on March 1, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

24-30-11

5

Oilers

29-29-7

4

Team

MTL

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

EDM

Valeri Bure (EV) assisted by Marc Bureau and Scott Thornton

Petr Klima (EV) assisted by Rem Murray and Todd Marchant

Jason Arnott (PP) assisted by Petr Klima and Doug Weight

David Wilkie (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu and Shayne Corson

Ryan Smyth (PP) assisted by Petr Klima

2nd period

MTL

EDM

Scott Thornton (EV) assisted by Valeri Bure

Mark Recchi (PP) assisted by Valeri Bure and Shayne Corson

Mike Grier (EV) assisted by Rem Murray and Doug Weight

3rd period

MTL

EDM

Scott Thornton (EV) assisted by Marc Bureau

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	23	22	.957	1	1.36	0	44
Jose Theodore J. Theodore				15	12	.800	3	11.30	0	16

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	1	2	3	+2	0	0	1	0	2	50.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Murray C. Murray	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	+3	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	16.7
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	2	1	3	+3	0	0	0	1	3	66.7
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Curtis Joseph (L) C. Joseph	0	1	0	32	27	.844	5	5.11	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Arnott J. Arnott	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4	25.0
Sean Brown S. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Greg De Vries G. De Vries	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Grier M. Grier	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Petr Klima P. Klima	1	2	3	+1	0	0	2	3	33.3
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mats Lindgren M. Lindgren	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Lowe K. Lowe	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	4	0.0
Dan McGillis D. McGillis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Norton J. Norton	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Luke Richardson L. Richardson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	1	0	1	-3	2	1	0	4	25.0
Doug Weight D. Weight	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.0