2–4

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 17-4-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
EDM	0	0	0	2
COL	0	0	0	4

Oilers at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Oilers 4–2 at Ball Arena on December 2, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Dec 2, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏔️ COL

Peter Forsberg

2 G

6 shots · 25:33 TOI · +2

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Claude Lemieux

1 G, 1 A

4 shots · 19:22 TOI · +2

3rd star 🛢️ EDM

Ryan Smyth

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 19:45 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🛢️EDM COL🏔️

20 Shots on goal 41

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8

4 Hits 3

11 Blocked shots 8

5 Takeaways 3

1 Giveaways 7

61 Penalty minutes 45

EDM shooting 10.0% (2/20) COL shooting 9.8% (4/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🛢️Oilers

Curtis Joseph

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:40 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 1st: 11-13-3 (41% win rate, 27 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 17-4-6 (63% win rate, 27 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 2nd: 11-13-3 (41% win rate, 27 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 17-4-6 (63% win rate, 27 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🛢️Oilers

L1 Murray · Smyth · Weight 20:35

L2 Lindgren · Arnott · Buchberger 15:48

L3 Marchant · McAmmond · Kovalenko 12:31

L4 Watt · Friedman · Laraque 6:09

D1 Mironov · Mcgillis 25:59

D2 Bannister · Muir 16:20

D3 De Vries · Marchment 10:00

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Kamensky · Forsberg · Sakic 22:22

L2 Messier · Lemieux · Deadmarsh 17:17

L3 Lacroix · Yelle · Kurri 14:12

L4 Corbet · Donovan · Odgers 7:15

D1 Ozolinsh · Krupp 22:30

D2 Lefebvre · Klemm 14:18

D3 Foote · Gusarov 13:28

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

May 7, 1997

🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM

3–4 · Oilers won

❓ EDM vs COL, answered

Who won Oilers vs Avalanche on December 2, 1997?

Avalanche won 4–2.

What was the final score of Oilers vs Avalanche?

The final score was Oilers 2, Avalanche 4.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Curtis Joseph made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–0 after 3 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

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Nov 30

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Nov 29

Also on December 2, 1997

Oilers season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule