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Wednesday, April 2, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center

Canadiens 4 at Whalers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 89OVR Benoit Brunet Canadiens First Star 2A · 4 SOG R 96OVR Mark Recchi Canadiens Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 96OVR Saku Koivu Canadiens Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:04 Keith Primeau (22) SHG Unassisted MTL 0 – 1 HFD
  2. 17:24 Stephane Quintal (7) Scott Thornton (9), Turner Stevenson (13) MTL 1 – 1 HFD
  3. 18:17 Mark Recchi (34) Saku Koivu (36), Benoit Brunet (10) MTL 2 – 1 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 15:05 Dave Manson (4) Unassisted MTL 3 – 1 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 6:56 Saku Koivu (16) Benoit Brunet (11), Mark Recchi (43) MTL 4 – 1 HFD

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Benoit Brunet L 0 2 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.00
Mark Recchi R 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Saku Koivu C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Stephane Quintal D 1 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.28
Turner Stevenson R 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Dave Manson D 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Scott Thornton L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Valeri Bure R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.30
Peter Popovic D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Vladimir Malakhov D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Darcy Tucker R 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Jassen Cullimore D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.22
Shayne Corson L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Brian Savage L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Craig Rivet D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.07
Stephane Richer R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Martin Rucinsky L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Vincent Damphousse C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault W 25 24 1 .960 60:00 1.65

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Keith Primeau C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Glen Wesley D 0 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.23
Derek King L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.15
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Steven Rice R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Robert Kron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Sami Kapanen R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Steve Chiasson D 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Kent Manderville C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Alexander Godynyuk D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 4 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.15
Kevin Haller D 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke L 32 28 4 .875 60:00 -0.20