The Montreal Canadiens were defeated by the Colorado Avalanche, 7 to 3, on March 5, 1997.

Final

Avalanche

41-16-8

7

Canadiens

24-31-11

3

Team

COL

MTL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

COL

MTL

Claude Lemieux (PP) assisted by Sandis Ozolinsh and Mike Ricci

Sylvain Lefebvre (PP) assisted by Adam Deadmarsh and Scott Young

2nd period

COL

MTL

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

Peter Forsberg (EV) assisted by Valeri Kamensky

Martin Rucinsky (PP) assisted by Stephane Richer and Vincent Damphousse

Keith Jones (PP) assisted by Peter Forsberg and Joe Sakic

Adam Deadmarsh (EV) assisted by Scott Young

Stephane Yelle (EV) assisted by Eric Lacroix and Mike Keane

3rd period

COL

MTL

Adam Deadmarsh (EV) unassisted

Stephane Richer (EV) assisted by Peter Popovic and Vincent Damphousse

Avalanche

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Avalanche

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Roy (W) P. Roy	1	0	0	37	34	.919	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rene Corbet R. Corbet	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0
Adam Deadmarsh A. Deadmarsh	2	1	3	+2	5	0	1	0	3	66.7
Adam Foote A. Foote	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Keith Jones K. Jones	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100.0
Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	0
Jon Klemm J. Klemm	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Eric Lacroix E. Lacroix	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Sylvain Lefebvre S. Lefebvre	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	20.0
Aaron Miller A. Miller	0	0	0	+3	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Mike Ricci M. Ricci	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Joe Sakic J. Sakic	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	5	0.0
Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	1	100.0
Scott Young S. Young	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (L) J. Thibault	0	1	0	20	14	.700	6	11.30	0	32
Jose Theodore J. Theodore				13	12	.923	1	2.13	0	28

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Murray Baron M. Baron	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	4	0.0
Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	3	3	+1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Stephane Richer S. Richer	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	4	25.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	7	28.6
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0.0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
David Wilkie D. Wilkie	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0