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Friday, December 12, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena

Canadiens 2 at Devils 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 85OVR Bill Guerin Oilers First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG L 60OVR Valeri Zelepukin Oilers Second Star 2A · 1 SOG D 95OVR Scott Niedermayer Devils Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:15 Brian Rolston (5) Bobby Carpenter (2), Valeri Zelepukin (5) · Wrist MTL 0 – 1 NJD
  2. 11:04 Bill Guerin (4) Scott Niedermayer (20), Lyle Odelein (11) · Slap MTL 0 – 2 NJD
  3. 19:04 Steve Thomas (3) Scott Niedermayer (21), Bill Guerin (3) · Backhand MTL 0 – 3 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 2:15 Martin Rucinsky (10) Vincent Damphousse (14), Patrice Brisebois (12) · Backhand MTL 1 – 3 NJD
  2. 9:11 Bobby Holik (16) Valeri Zelepukin (6), Scott Stevens (8) · Wrist MTL 1 – 4 NJD
  3. 13:05 Mark Recchi (15) Unassisted · Wrist MTL 2 – 4 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 14:38 Patrik Elias (12) PPG Bobby Holik (15), Doug Gilmour (20) MTL 2 – 5 NJD

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Mark Recchi R 1 0 4 2 0 0 16:48 1.15
Martin Rucinsky L 1 0 4 3 0 0 14:42 0.85
Vincent Damphousse C 0 1 1 2 1 0 15:19 0.75
Patrice Brisebois D 0 1 1 0 1 -1 20:51 0.55
Dave Manson D 0 0 4 0 2 -1 20:37 0.25
Marc Bureau C 0 0 3 2 0 0 15:14 0.22
Benoit Brunet L 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:16 0.15
Stephane Quintal D 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:18 0.15
Darcy Tucker R 0 0 2 2 2 -1 11:00 0.10
Peter Popovic D 0 0 1 2 1 -1 21:04 0.03
Valeri Bure R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 17:52 0.00
Brian Savage L 0 0 0 2 0 0 14:38 0.00
Shayne Corson L 0 0 2 0 1 -2 18:32 -0.05
Brett Clark D 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:04 -0.05
Saku Koivu C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16:32 -0.08
Scott Thornton L 0 0 1 1 0 -1 9:09 -0.22
David Wilkie D 0 0 1 2 1 -1 18:35 -0.22
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 0 2 0 -1 8:30 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jocelyn Thibault L 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Guerin R 1 1 4 2 0 +1 16:49 1.78
Valeri Zelepukin L 0 2 1 2 0 +2 14:21 1.73
Scott Niedermayer D 0 2 2 1 1 +2 20:19 1.70
Bobby Holik C 1 1 4 2 0 +1 15:20 1.58
Lyle Odelein D 0 1 2 0 3 +3 19:02 1.43
Steve Thomas R 1 0 3 1 0 +2 16:48 1.22
Scott Stevens D 0 1 3 0 2 +1 19:32 1.20
Brian Rolston R 1 0 3 0 0 0 17:34 1.08
Doug Gilmour C 0 1 1 0 0 +2 23:35 1.05
Patrik Elias C 1 0 1 0 0 0 14:26 0.88
Bobby Carpenter C 0 1 0 0 0 -1 13:13 0.43
Randy Mckay R 0 0 4 0 0 0 11:20 0.35
Denis Pederson C 0 0 1 1 0 0 12:18 0.18
Dave Andreychuk L 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:58 0.18
Kevin Dean D 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:51 0.10
Doug Bodger D 0 0 2 2 1 -1 22:00 0.05
Krzysztof Oliwa L 0 0 1 0 1 0 6:55 -0.02
Sheldon Souray D 0 0 0 3 0 -1 20:04 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 31 29 2 .935 60:00 1.40