🏔️ Away Avalanche 44-15-5 before this game

7–3

Final

🇨🇦 Home Canadiens 31-26-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
COL	2	4	1	7
MTL	0	2	1	3

Avalanche at Canadiens

Avalanche beat Canadiens 7–3 at Bell Centre on March 5, 1997.

🗓 Wed, Mar 5, 1997 · 18:30 CST 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Adam Deadmarsh

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

3 A

3 shots · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

1 G, 1 A

5 shots

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order

1st period

🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP Go-ahead 1st · 11:20

Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Mike Ricci

1–0

🏔️ Sylvain Lefebvre PP 1st · 13:52

Assists: Adam Deadmarsh, Scott Young

2–0

2nd period

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky 2nd · 00:33

Assists: Brian Savage, Vincent Damphousse

2–1

🏔️ Peter Forsberg 2nd · 01:06

Assists: Valeri Kamensky

3–1

🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky PP 2nd · 08:08

Assists: Stephane Richer, Vincent Damphousse

3–2

🏔️ Keith Jones PP 2nd · 10:22

Assists: Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic

4–2

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh 2nd · 11:04

Assists: Scott Young

5–2

🏔️ Stephane Yelle 2nd · 11:52

Assists: Eric Lacroix, Mike Keane

6–2

3rd period

🏔️ Adam Deadmarsh 3rd · 12:37

Unassisted

7–2

🇨🇦 Stephane Richer 3rd · 19:07

Assists: Peter Popovic, Vincent Damphousse

7–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏔️COL MTL🇨🇦

33 Shots on goal 37

3/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

20 Penalty minutes 24

COL shooting 21.2% (7/33) MTL shooting 8.1% (3/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/6

.000 SV% · 6 GA · 31:52 TOI

Jose Theodore

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 28:08 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 6–2

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ COL vs MTL, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Canadiens on March 5, 1997?

Avalanche won 7–3.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Canadiens?

The final score was Avalanche 7, Canadiens 3.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Adam Deadmarsh (2), Claude Lemieux, Keith Jones, Peter Forsberg, Stephane Yelle, Sylvain Lefebvre.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky (2), Stephane Richer.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 6 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Canadiens season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Mar 3

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 1

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