The Colorado Avalanche dominated the Edmonton Oilers, 5 to 1, in Game 1 of the 1997 playoff series on May 2, 1997.

Final

Oilers

0-1-0

1

Avalanche

1-0-0

5

Team

EDM

COL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

EDM

COL

Eric Lacroix (EV) assisted by Rene Corbet and Joe Sakic

Claude Lemieux (EV) assisted by Peter Forsberg and Valeri Kamensky

2nd period

EDM

COL

Kelly Buchberger (EV) assisted by Ryan Smyth

Peter Forsberg (EV) assisted by Eric Lacroix

Sandis Ozolinsh (EV) assisted by Joe Sakic

3rd period

EDM

COL

Peter Forsberg (PP) assisted by Sandis Ozolinsh and Joe Sakic

Oilers

Avalanche

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Oilers

Avalanche

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Curtis Joseph (L) C. Joseph	0	1	0	37	32	.865	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Jason Arnott J. Arnott	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Drew Bannister D. Bannister	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0.0
Greg De Vries G. De Vries	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Steve Kelly S. Kelly	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mats Lindgren M. Lindgren	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan Marchment B. Marchment	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Dan McGillis D. McGillis	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0.0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0.0
Luke Richardson L. Richardson	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0
Doug Weight D. Weight	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Roy (W) P. Roy	1	0	0	36	35	.972	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rene Corbet R. Corbet	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Deadmarsh A. Deadmarsh	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Adam Foote A. Foote	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	3	0.0
Peter Forsberg P. Forsberg	2	1	3	+1	0	1	0	0	6	33.3
Alexei Gusarov A. Gusarov	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jon Klemm J. Klemm	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Lacroix E. Lacroix	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Sylvain Lefebvre S. Lefebvre	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Claude Lemieux C. Lemieux	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Aaron Miller A. Miller	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	0	3	33.3
Mike Ricci M. Ricci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Joe Sakic J. Sakic	0	3	3	+2	0	0	1	0	4	0.0
Brent Severyn B. Severyn	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Scott Young S. Young	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0