Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers 5-4, Mar 1, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

5

Edmonton Oilers

4

Final · Rexall Place

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	2	2	1	5
EDM	3	1	0	4

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Mar 1, 1997 at Rexall Place.

Top performers

Scott Thornton
Scott Thornton had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 23 shots for the Canadiens.
Petr Klima
Petr Klima had 1 goal and 2 assists for the Oilers.
Curtis Joseph
Curtis Joseph made 27 saves on 32 shots for the Oilers.

Before and after

Canadiens · 1996-97 season · Previous Feb 28, 1997: MTL 2, CGY 3 · Next Mar 5, 1997: COL 7, MTL 3
Oilers · 1996-97 season · Previous Feb 27, 1997: EDM 3, LA 6 · Next Mar 4, 1997: LA 1, EDM 4

Other Canadiens vs Oilers games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers games

Nov 11, 1996	EDM at MTL	2-3	Regular
Dec 14, 2025	EDM at MTL	1-4	Regular
Oct 23, 2025	MTL at EDM	5-6	Regular
Mar 6, 2025	MTL at EDM	2-3	Regular
Nov 18, 2024	EDM at MTL	0-3	Regular
Mar 19, 2024	MTL at EDM	2-3	Regular

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Mar 1, 1997

Scott Thornton	2	1	3	3	3	0	0:00
Valeri Bure	1	2	3	2	2	0	0:00
Shayne Corson	0	2	2	0	1	0	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	2	2	3	4	0	0:00
Mark Recchi	1	0	1	0	6	0	0:00
Saku Koivu	0	1	1	0	2	2	0:00
David Wilkie	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	3	1	2	0:00
Craig Rivet	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Murray Baron	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Brian Savage	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	3	0	2	0:00
Chris Murray	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Team	5	8	13	10	32	14

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Mar 1, 1997

Jocelyn Thibault	23	22	1	.957	44:04
Jose Theodore	15	12	3	.800	15:56
Team	38	34	4	1.757

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Mar 1, 1997

Petr Klima	1	2	3	1	3	0	0:00
Doug Weight	0	2	2	0	3	0	0:00
Rem Murray	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	1	0	1	-3	4	2	0:00
Jason Arnott	1	0	1	0	4	0	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	1	1	1	4	2	0:00
Mike Grier	1	0	1	1	2	0	0:00
Luke Richardson	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Kevin Lowe	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Kelly Buchberger	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Jeff Norton	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0:00
Miroslav Satan	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Greg de Vries	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0:00
Mariusz Czerkawski	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Sean Brown	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Andrei Kovalenko	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Dan McGillis	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Mats Lindgren	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0:00
Team	4	7	11	-10	38	8

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Mar 1, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Curtis Joseph	32	27	5	.844	58:42

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%