The Hartford Whalers were defeated by the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 1, on April 2, 1997.

Final

Canadiens

29-34-14

4

Whalers

29-37-10

1

Team

MTL

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

HFD

Keith Primeau (SH) unassisted

Stephane Quintal (EV) assisted by Scott Thornton and Turner Stevenson

Mark Recchi (EV) assisted by Saku Koivu and Benoit Brunet

2nd period

MTL

HFD

Dave Manson (EV) unassisted

3rd period

MTL

HFD

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Benoit Brunet and Mark Recchi

Canadiens

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault (W) J. Thibault	1	0	0	25	24	.960	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	2	2	+3	0	0	4	0.0
Valeri Bure V. Bure	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jassen Cullimore J. Cullimore	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	1	2	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	1	0	1	+2	0	0	3	33.3
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	50.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0
Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Sean Burke (L) S. Burke	0	1	0	32	28	.875	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Steve Chiasson S. Chiasson	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Godynyuk A. Godynyuk	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Stu Grimson S. Grimson	0	0	0	2	0	0
Kevin Haller K. Haller	0	0	-3	2	0	2	0.0
Sami Kapanen S. Kapanen	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	0	-3	0	0	4	0.0
Kent Manderville K. Manderville	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	1	1	0	2	1	2	50.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Steven Rice S. Rice	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0.0