The Edmonton Oilers squeaked out a win over the Colorado Avalanche, 4 to 3, in Game 3 of the 1997 playoff series on May 7, 1997.

Final

Avalanche

2-1-0

3

Oilers

1-2-0

4

Team

COL

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

COL

EDM

Peter Forsberg (PP) assisted by Valeri Kamensky and Sandis Ozolinsh

Kelly Buchberger (EV) assisted by Greg De Vries and Jason Arnott

Jason Arnott (EV) assisted by Ryan Smyth and Kelly Buchberger

2nd period

COL

EDM

Valeri Kamensky (PP) assisted by Claude Lemieux and Sandis Ozolinsh

Claude Lemieux (EV) assisted by Peter Forsberg and Sandis Ozolinsh

3rd period

COL

EDM

Kelly Buchberger (EV) assisted by Boris Mironov

Ryan Smyth (EV) assisted by Dan McGillis and Jason Arnott

Avalanche

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Avalanche

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Roy (L) P. Roy	0	1	0	38	34	.895	4	4.08	0	59

Skaters

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

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Curtis Joseph (W) C. Joseph	1	0	0	24	21	.875	3	3.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jason Arnott J. Arnott	1	2	3	+3	2	0	4	25.0
Drew Bannister D. Bannister	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	2	1	3	+3	0	0	6	33.3
Greg De Vries G. De Vries	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Joe Hulbig J. Hulbig	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mats Lindgren M. Lindgren	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Dan McGillis D. McGillis	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	0	1	1	+1	4	0	3	0.0
Bryan Muir B. Muir	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Luke Richardson L. Richardson	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	1	1	2	+3	0	1	6	16.7
Doug Weight D. Weight	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0.0