Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils 2-5, Dec 12, 1997: Box Score and Player Stats | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

2

New Jersey Devils

5

Final · IZOD Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	0	2
NJ	3	1	1	5

The New Jersey Devils beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-2 on Dec 12, 1997 at IZOD Center.

Top performers

Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 28 saves on 33 shots for the Canadiens.
Bill Guerin
Bill Guerin had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Devils.
Martin Brodeur
Martin Brodeur made 29 saves on 31 shots for the Devils.

Before and after

Canadiens · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 10, 1997: STL 3, MTL 4 · Next Dec 13, 1997: MTL 2, BOS 4
Devils · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 10, 1997: EDM 2, NJ 4 · Next Dec 13, 1997: NJ 3, TOR 0

Other Canadiens vs Devils games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs New Jersey Devils games

Mar 14, 1998	NJ at MTL	2-4	Regular
Jan 25, 1998	NJ at MTL	3-1	Regular
Oct 23, 1997	MTL at NJ	1-2	Regular
Apr 5, 2026	NJ at MTL	3-0	Regular
Apr 4, 2026	MTL at NJ	4-3	Regular
Nov 6, 2025	MTL at NJ	3-4	Regular

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 12, 1997

Mark Recchi	1	0	1	0	4	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	1	0	1	0	4	2	0:00
Shayne Corson	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Saku Koivu	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Dave Manson	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Brett Clark	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0:00
Brian Savage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
David Wilkie	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Team	2	2	4	-11	31	13

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

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 12, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	33	28	5	.848	60:00

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

New Jersey Devils box score

Skaters

New Jersey Devils skaters, Dec 12, 1997

Bill Guerin	1	1	2	1	4	0	0:00
Bobby Holik	1	1	2	1	4	4	0:00
Scott Niedermayer	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Valeri Zelepukin	0	2	2	2	1	0	0:00
Scott Stevens	0	1	1	1	3	0	0:00
Patrik Elias	1	0	1	0	1	0	0:00
Doug Gilmour	0	1	1	2	1	0	0:00
Steve Thomas	1	0	1	2	3	0	0:00
Bob Carpenter	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0:00
Brian Rolston	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Lyle Odelein	0	1	1	3	2	0	0:00
Dave Andreychuk	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Doug Bodger	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Randy McKay	0	0	0	0	4	0	0:00
Sheldon Souray	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0:00
Krzysztof Oliwa	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Denis Pederson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Kevin Dean	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	5	10	15	11	33	11

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

Goalies

New Jersey Devils goalies, Dec 12, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Martin Brodeur	31	29	2	.935	60:00

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