The Montreal Canadiens decisively defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins, 8 to 5, on March 26, 1997.

Final

Penguins

34-33-7

5

Canadiens

28-33-14

8

Team

PIT

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

PIT

MTL

Shayne Corson (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi

Turner Stevenson (EV) assisted by Scott Thornton and Darcy Tucker

Stephane Richer (EV) assisted by Benoit Brunet

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

Stephane Richer (EV) assisted by Marc Bureau

2nd period

PIT

MTL

Ron Francis (PP) assisted by Mario Lemieux and Eddie Olczyk

Kevin Hatcher (PP) assisted by Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis

Saku Koivu (PP) assisted by Vladimir Malakhov and Mark Recchi

Jason Woolley (EV) assisted by Mario Lemieux and Ron Francis

3rd period

PIT

MTL

Vincent Damphousse (EV) assisted by Martin Rucinsky and Valeri Bure

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu and Stephane Quintal

Mario Lemieux (EV) assisted by Ron Francis and Kevin Hatcher

Mario Lemieux (PP) assisted by Ron Francis and Eddie Olczyk

Penguins

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Penguins

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Philippe De Rouville (L) P. De Rouville	0	1	0	28	24	.857	4	4.64	0	52
Patrick Lalime P. Lalime				5	1	.200	4	29.03	0	8

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Stu Barnes S. Barnes	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jeffrey Christian J. Christian	0	0	0	-3	7	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Dziedzic J. Dziedzic	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ron Francis R. Francis	1	4	5	+2	0	1	2	3	33.3
Kevin Hatcher K. Hatcher	1	1	2	-2	4	1	0	2	50.0
Greg Johnson G. Johnson	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darius Kasparaitis D. Kasparaitis	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Mario Lemieux M. Lemieux	2	3	5	+2	0	1	2	5	40.0
Ian Moran I. Moran	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Joe Mullen J. Mullen	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Roman Oksiuta R. Oksiuta	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0.0
Fredrik Olausson F. Olausson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Olczyk E. Olczyk	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Dave Roche D. Roche	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	0
Chris Tamer C. Tamer	0	0	0	-5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Neil Wilkinson N. Wilkinson	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	31	26	.839	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	1	1	2	+2	6	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	2	3	+3	0	1	0	1	4	25.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	2	2	4	+3	2	0	1	0	4	50.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	2	100.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	+4	17	0	0	0	0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0