Edmonton Oilers vs Montreal Canadiens 3-3, Dec 22, 1997: Box Score | AskScores

Edmonton Oilers

3

Montreal Canadiens

3

Final/OT · Bell Centre

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	T
EDM	1	1	1	0	3
MTL	2	1	0	0	3

The Edmonton Oilers and the Montreal Canadiens tied 3-3 on Dec 22, 1997 at Bell Centre.

Top performers

Doug Weight
Doug Weight had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Oilers.
Bob Essensa
Bob Essensa made 23 saves on 26 shots for the Oilers.
Vincent Damphousse
Vincent Damphousse had 1 goal for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 35 saves on 38 shots for the Canadiens.

Before and after

Oilers · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 20, 1997: DAL 2, EDM 1 · Next Dec 23, 1997: EDM 4, TOR 5
Canadiens · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 20, 1997: OTT 1, MTL 4 · Next Dec 23, 1997: MTL 3, OTT 4

Other Oilers vs Canadiens games

Other Edmonton Oilers vs Montreal Canadiens games

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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

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Dec 22, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Bob Essensa	26	23	3	.885	64:16

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Montreal Canadiens box score

Skaters

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Dec 22, 1997
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	38	35	3	.921	65:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Dec 22, 1997

Doug Weight	2	1	3	1	4	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	1	1	2	1	5	2	0:00
Jason Arnott	0	1	1	0	5	2	0:00
Boris Mironov	0	1	1	-1	5	0	0:00
Kelly Buchberger	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Bryan Marchment	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	0	0	1	4	0	0:00
Dean McAmmond	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Mike Grier	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Greg de Vries	0	0	0	1	3	0	0:00
Drake Berehowsky	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Georges Laraque	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Steve Kelly	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Andrei Kovalenko	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Dan McGillis	0	0	0	2	3	0	0:00
Rem Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mats Lindgren	0	0	0	1	0	2	0:00
Drew Bannister	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Team	3	4	7	-4	38	8

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

Montreal Canadiens skaters, Dec 22, 1997

Mark Recchi	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Shayne Corson	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0:00
Saku Koivu	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	1	0	1	1	3	5	0:00
Dave Manson	0	1	1	2	0	0	0:00
Brian Savage	1	0	1	0	4	2	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	1	1	1	1	2	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Brett Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	-1	4	2	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Sebastien Bordeleau	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	5	26	13

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