Pittsburgh Penguins at Montréal Canadiens

Wed, Mar 26, 1997 · Centre Molson · 1996–97 Regular Season

Pittsburgh Penguins

5 – 8

Final

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 8–5 on Wed, Mar 26, 1997 at Centre Molson. Mark Recchi led the way with 4 points. Jocelyn Thibault made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–33.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
PIT	5	31
MTL	8	33

Pittsburgh Penguins

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
10	Ron Francis	C	1	4	5	+2	0	3
66	Mario Lemieux	C	2	3	5	+2	0	5
4	Kevin Hatcher	D	1	1	2	-2	4	2
27	Eddie Olczyk	R	0	2	2	0	0	1
22	Jason Woolley	D	1	0	1	0	0	2
11	Darius Kasparaitis	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0
51	Dave Roche	L	0	0	0	-2	12	0
24	Ian Moran	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5
14	Stu Barnes	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3
6	Neil Wilkinson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0
16	Joe Dziedzic	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2
18	Francois Leroux	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	Jeffrey Christian	L	0	0	0	-3	7	2
7	Joe Mullen	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2
2	Chris Tamer	D	0	0	0	-5	0	2
20	Roman Oksiuta	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1
23	Fredrik Olausson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
9	Greg Johnson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Philippe De Rouville	L	28	24	4	.857	51:44
40	Patrick Lalime		5	1	4	.200	8:16

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
8	Mark Recchi	R	2	2	4	+3	2	4
11	Saku Koivu	C	1	2	3	+3	0	4
44	Stephane Richer	R	2	0	2	+1	0	2
27	Shayne Corson	L	1	1	2	+2	6	2
42	Darcy Tucker	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1
24	Scott Thornton	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0
28	Marc Bureau	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0
26	Martin Rucinsky	L	0	1	1	0	4	2
38	Vladimir Malakhov	D	0	1	1	+2	0	4
30	Turner Stevenson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1
18	Valeri Bure	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2
25	Vincent Damphousse	C	1	0	1	0	0	4
5	Stephane Quintal	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2
17	Benoit Brunet	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3
34	Peter Popovic	D	0	0	0	+3	0	0
35	Jassen Cullimore	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1
52	Craig Rivet	D	0	0	0	+4	17	0
49	Brian Savage	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Jocelyn Thibault	W	31	26	5	.839	60:00
60	Jose Theodore		0	0	0