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Tuesday, December 23, 1997 · McNichols Sports Arena

Kings 1 at Avalanche 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 91OVR Valeri Kamensky Avalanche First Star 3A · 3 SOG R 83OVR Claude Lemieux Avalanche Second Star 1G · 1A · 6 SOG C 98OVR Peter Forsberg Avalanche Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 3:21 Jari Kurri (4) Alexei Gusarov (5), Joe Sakic (26) · Tip-in LAK 0 – 1 COL
  2. 8:25 Rob Blake (7) PPG Glen Murray (16), Jozef Stumpel (25) · Slap LAK 1 – 1 COL

2nd Period

  1. 0:59 Eric Lacroix (7) Rene Corbet (3), Jon Klemm (4) · Wrist LAK 1 – 2 COL
  2. 1:09 Peter Forsberg (15) Valeri Kamensky (14), Claude Lemieux (16) LAK 1 – 3 COL
  3. 9:57 Claude Lemieux (12) PPG Valeri Kamensky (15), Alexei Gusarov (6) · Slap LAK 1 – 4 COL
  4. 11:50 Uwe Krupp (4) Peter Forsberg (33), Valeri Kamensky (16) · Slap LAK 1 – 5 COL

3rd Period

No scoring

Los Angeles Kings

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jozef Stumpel L 0 1 2 0 0 -1 16:10 0.68
Rob Blake D 1 0 1 0 2 -1 22:58 0.68
Glen Murray R 0 1 2 0 0 -2 14:41 0.43
Dan Bylsma L 0 0 2 0 1 0 13:02 0.20
Steve McKenna L 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:56 0.18
Nathan LaFayette C 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:05 0.15
Luc Robitaille L 0 0 2 1 0 -1 17:46 0.05
Russ Courtnall R 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59 0.00
Ian Laperriere R 0 0 0 1 0 0 15:45 0.00
Sean O'Donnell D 0 0 3 0 0 -1 18:57 -0.03
Garry Galley D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 19:38 -0.08
Doug Zmolek D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 15:15 -0.10
Matt Johnson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:25 -0.15
Aki Berg D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15:09 -0.15
Mattias Norstrom D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 21:39 -0.15
Vladimir Tsyplakov L 0 0 1 0 1 -2 13:47 -0.18
Yanic Perreault C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 7:52 -0.30
Sandy Moger R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14:09 -0.32
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Stephane Fiset L 41 36 5 .878 60:00 -0.15

Colorado Avalanche

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Valeri Kamensky L 0 3 3 0 0 +1 18:58 2.25
Claude Lemieux R 1 1 6 0 0 +1 15:50 1.83
Peter Forsberg C 1 1 2 2 0 +1 18:18 1.68
Alexei Gusarov D 0 2 1 0 0 +2 20:39 1.58
Eric Lacroix L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 12:23 1.18
Jon Klemm D 0 1 4 0 1 +1 19:39 1.13
Rene Corbet L 0 1 3 0 0 +1 12:25 1.10
Joe Sakic C 0 1 2 0 2 +1 22:15 1.08
Jari Kurri R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 18:36 1.05
Uwe Krupp D 1 0 2 0 0 0 17:53 1.00
Adam Foote D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 17:39 0.40
Sylvain Lefebvre D 0 0 1 0 3 +1 20:11 0.38
Adam Deadmarsh R 0 0 3 0 1 +1 21:21 0.28
Stephane Yelle C 0 0 2 0 2 0 12:14 0.25
Francois Leroux D 0 0 1 1 0 0 7:41 0.08
Shean Donovan R 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:18 0.00
Jeff Odgers R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 10:47 0.00
Eric Messier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:01 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Patrick Roy W 20 19 1 .950 60:00 1.15