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Tuesday, December 2, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena

Oilers 2 at Avalanche 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 98OVR Peter Forsberg Avalanche First Star 2G · 6 SOG R 83OVR Claude Lemieux Avalanche Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG L 64OVR Ryan Smyth Oilers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:08 Ryan Smyth (10) Doug Weight (18), Boris Mironov (6) · Tip-in EDM 1 – 0 COL

2nd Period

  1. 6:28 Peter Forsberg (8) SHG Uwe Krupp (8) · Wrist EDM 1 – 1 COL
  2. 18:50 Joe Sakic (15) PPG Valeri Kamensky (12), Sandis Ozolinsh (8) · Wrist EDM 1 – 2 COL

3rd Period

  1. 3:12 Andrei Kovalenko (2) PPG Ryan Smyth (8), Doug Weight (19) · Wrist EDM 2 – 2 COL
  2. 15:41 Peter Forsberg (9) Claude Lemieux (12), Sylvain Lefebvre (5) · Slap EDM 2 – 3 COL
  3. 18:14 Claude Lemieux (10) Alexei Gusarov (3), Jon Klemm (2) · Snap EDM 2 – 4 COL

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ryan Smyth L 1 1 2 0 0 -1 19:45 1.38
Doug Weight C 0 2 0 0 1 -1 22:20 1.00
Andrei Kovalenko R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 12:31 0.70
Boris Mironov D 0 1 1 0 2 -1 26:07 0.45
Bryan Marchment D 0 0 2 0 2 +1 4:56 0.25
Bryan Muir D 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:18 0.18
Mats Lindgren C 0 0 2 0 2 -1 15:48 0.15
Dean McAmmond C 0 0 2 0 0 0 8:48 0.15
Rem Murray L 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:35 0.08
Georges Laraque R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1:46 0.00
Doug Friedman L 0 0 1 0 0 0 6:09 -0.08
Mike Watt L 0 0 0 1 1 -1 7:08 -0.10
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16:01 -0.22
Dan Mcgillis D 0 0 1 2 0 -1 25:51 -0.22
Drew Bannister D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 17:22 -0.70
Todd Marchant C 0 0 1 1 1 0 13:58 -0.77
Greg De Vries D 0 0 1 0 1 0 15:05 -0.77
Jason Arnott C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 14:04 -1.28
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Curtis Joseph L 41 37 4 .902 58:40 0.70

Colorado Avalanche

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter Forsberg C 2 0 6 1 0 +2 25:33 2.05
Claude Lemieux R 1 1 4 0 0 +2 19:22 1.68
Uwe Krupp D 0 1 3 0 0 +2 21:00 1.15
Joe Sakic C 1 0 7 0 0 -1 21:51 1.13
Alexei Gusarov D 0 1 0 0 1 +2 13:26 0.98
Valeri Kamensky L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 22:22 0.95
Sandis Ozolinsh D 0 1 5 0 0 0 24:01 0.90
Jon Klemm D 0 1 1 0 1 +1 13:37 0.90
Sylvain Lefebvre D 0 1 0 0 2 +1 15:00 0.88
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 1 0 2 +1 15:56 0.28
Jari Kurri R 0 0 0 0 1 +1 14:12 0.20
Shean Donovan R 0 0 3 1 0 0 7:15 0.18
Rene Corbet L 0 0 3 0 0 +1 10:26 0.08
Eric Lacroix L 0 0 1 0 1 -1 10:46 0.03
Jeff Odgers R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3:24 -0.15
Eric Messier L 0 0 0 1 0 -1 16:22 -0.15
Adam Deadmarsh R 0 0 4 0 0 -1 17:17 -0.85
Adam Foote D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13:30 -1.42
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Patrick Roy W 20 18 2 .900 59:50 0.30