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Saturday, April 5, 1997 · Centre Molson

Whalers 4 at Canadiens 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 91OVR Sean Burke Whalers First Star 31 SV · .969 R 48OVR Chris Murray Whalers Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG C 67OVR Kent Manderville Whalers Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 9:03 Glen Wesley (5) PPG Robert Kron (10), Steve Chiasson (20) HFD 1 – 0 MTL
  2. 9:47 Kent Manderville (6) Chris Murray (3) HFD 2 – 0 MTL

2nd Period

  1. 2:54 Chris Murray (5) Kent Manderville (5) HFD 3 – 0 MTL

3rd Period

  1. 6:20 Martin Rucinsky (27) Benoit Brunet (12), Vincent Damphousse (53) HFD 3 – 1 MTL
  2. 18:59 Keith Primeau (25) Unassisted HFD 4 – 1 MTL

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Chris Murray R 1 1 3 +2 1.75
Kent Manderville C 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Glen Wesley D 1 0 3 0 0.98
Steve Chiasson D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Keith Primeau C 1 0 1 0 0.83
Robert Kron C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 4 0 0.30
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 4 0 0.30
Derek King L 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Kevin Haller D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 +2 0.15
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Alexander Godynyuk D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Steven Rice R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 2 +1 0.00
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Adam Burt D 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke W 32 31 1 .969 59:45 2.35

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Vincent Damphousse C 0 1 5 0 1.00
Benoit Brunet L 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Martin Rucinsky L 1 0 2 0 0.75
Mark Recchi R 0 0 5 0 0.38
Valeri Bure R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Dave Manson D 0 0 2 0 0.15
Brian Savage L 0 0 1 0 0.08
Peter Popovic D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Jassen Cullimore D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Marc Bureau C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Shayne Corson L 0 0 3 -1 -0.08
Stephane Quintal D 0 0 3 0 -0.08
Vladimir Malakhov D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Saku Koivu C 0 0 3 -1 -0.23
Scott Thornton L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Darcy Tucker R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Craig Rivet D 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault L 30 27 3 .900 59:28 0.45