🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 20-13-7 before this game

1–1

Final / OT

🏔️ Home Avalanche 25-6-8 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	F
MTL	0	0	0	0	1
COL	0	0	0	0	1

Canadiens at Avalanche

Canadiens beat Avalanche 1–1 in overtime at Ball Arena on December 29, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Dec 29, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

1 G

1 shots · 21:35 TOI · +1

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Shayne Corson

1 A

4 shots · 23:57 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

1 A

2 shots · 20:25 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL COL🏔️

33 Shots on goal 26

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

2 Hits 6

10 Blocked shots 5

9 Takeaways 8

7 Giveaways 10

32 Penalty minutes 20

MTL shooting 3.0% (1/33) COL shooting 3.8% (1/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 20-13-7 (50% win rate, 40 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 25-6-8 (64% win rate, 39 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 20-13-7 (50% win rate, 40 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 25-6-8 (64% win rate, 39 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Koivu · Recchi 21:35

L2 Rucinsky · Savage · Damphousse 17:50

L3 Brunet · Bureau · Bure 12:16

L4 Thornton · Tucker · Stevenson 5:56

D1 Malakhov · Manson 25:35

D2 Brisebois · Quintal 21:31

D3 Popovic · Clark 13:14

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Kamensky · Sakic · Forsberg 25:23

L2 Lemieux · Kurri · Deadmarsh 18:58

L3 Messier · Corbet · Yelle 13:22

L4 Lacroix · Odgers · Donovan 7:41

D1 Ozolinsh · Gusarov 23:23

D2 Foote · Lefebvre 19:40

D3 Krupp · Leroux 10:46

⚔️ Last meetings

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

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ MTL vs COL, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Avalanche on December 29, 1997?

Canadiens won 1–1 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Avalanche 1, in overtime.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Avalanche season series?

Canadiens 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

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Dec 27

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 27

Also on December 29, 1997

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