Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers 5-3, Jan 2, 1998: Box Score | AskScores

Montreal Canadiens

5

Edmonton Oilers

3

Final · Rexall Place

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

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Jan 2, 1998 at Rexall Place.

Top performers

Saku Koivu
Saku Koivu had 2 goals and 1 assist for the Canadiens.
Jocelyn Thibault
Jocelyn Thibault made 22 saves on 25 shots for the Canadiens.
Scott Fraser
Scott Fraser had 2 goals for the Oilers.
Curtis Joseph
Curtis Joseph made 32 saves on 36 shots for the Oilers.

Before and after

Canadiens · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 31, 1997: MTL 3, CGY 2 · Next Jan 3, 1998: MTL 4, VAN 2
Oilers · 1997-98 season · Previous Dec 30, 1997: PHI 3, EDM 1 · Next Jan 4, 1998: LA 3, EDM 2

Other Canadiens vs Oilers games

Other Montreal Canadiens vs Edmonton Oilers games

Dec 22, 1997	EDM at MTL	3-3	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, Jan 2, 1998

Mark Recchi	1	2	3	1	3	4	0:00
Saku Koivu	2	1	3	2	3	0	0:00
Shayne Corson	0	2	2	2	2	0	0:00
Vincent Damphousse	2	0	2	1	5	0	0:00
Brian Savage	0	2	2	2	3	0	0:00
Dave Manson	0	1	1	2	2	0	0:00
Martin Rucinsky	0	1	1	1	2	4	0:00
Valeri Bure	0	1	1	0	7	0	0:00
Patrice Brisebois	0	0	0	2	2	0	0:00
Scott Thornton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Stephane Quintal	0	0	0	1	1	0	0:00
Brett Clark	0	0	0	0	2	2	0:00
Darcy Tucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Benoit Brunet	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Vladimir Malakhov	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Turner Stevenson	0	0	0	0	1	4	0:00
Marc Bureau	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Peter Popovic	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Team	5	10	15	15	37	16

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

Goalies

Montreal Canadiens goalies, Jan 2, 1998
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Jocelyn Thibault	25	22	3	.880	59:46

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Jan 2, 1998

Scott Fraser	2	0	2	-2	4	0	0:00
Roman Hamrlik	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Doug Weight	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Boris Mironov	1	0	1	-3	2	2	0:00
Rem Murray	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Mats Lindgren	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0:00
Joe Hulbig	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0:00
Kelly Buchberger	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Dean McAmmond	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Mike Grier	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Greg de Vries	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Drake Berehowsky	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Boyd Devereaux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Sean Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Dan McGillis	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0:00
Doug Friedman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	-16	25	8

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

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Jan 2, 1998
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Curtis Joseph	36	32	4	.889	59:50

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%