🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 22-13-7 before this game

5–3

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	0	0	5
EDM	0	0	0	3

Canadiens at Oilers

Canadiens beat Oilers 5–3 at Rogers Place on January 2, 1998.

🗓 Fri, Jan 2, 1998 · 20:00 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🇨🇦 MTL

Saku Koivu

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 19:27 TOI · +2

2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Mark Recchi

1 G, 2 A

3 shots · 19:42 TOI · +1

3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL

Vincent Damphousse

2 G

5 shots · 20:43 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL EDM🛢️

37 Shots on goal 25

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8

28 Hits 37

12 Blocked shots 15

11 Takeaways 15

6 Giveaways 9

16 Penalty minutes 8

MTL shooting 13.5% (5/37) EDM shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Jocelyn Thibault

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 59:46 TOI

🛢️Oilers

Curtis Joseph

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:50 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 1st: 22-13-7 (52% win rate, 42 games)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 1st: 16-19-5 (40% win rate, 40 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canadiens

Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 22-13-7 (52% win rate, 42 games)

Oilers

Oilers — tied after 2nd: 16-19-5 (40% win rate, 40 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Corson · Damphousse · Recchi 20:43

L2 Rucinsky · Savage · Koivu 16:50

L3 Brunet · Bureau · Bure 13:06

L4 Thornton · Tucker · Stevenson 5:49

D1 Manson · Brisebois 24:04

D2 Malakhov · Quintal 18:38

D3 Popovic · Clark 15:02

🛢️Oilers

L1 Smyth · Weight · Fraser 19:58

L2 Murray · Lindgren · Marchant 17:43

L3 Hulbig · Grier · Buchberger 15:36

L4 Friedman · McAmmond · Devereaux 3:22

D1 Mironov · Mcgillis 23:40

D2 Hamrlik · De Vries 19:02

D3 Berehowsky · Brown 14:18

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

Dec 22, 1997

🛢️EDM @ 🇨🇦MTL

3–3 (OT) · Oilers won

2–3 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs EDM, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Oilers on January 2, 1998?

Canadiens won 5–3.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Oilers?

The final score was Canadiens 5, Oilers 3.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jocelyn Thibault made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

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

Where is Canadiens vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Oilers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 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 31

🛢️Oilers

Previous game · Dec 30

Also on January 2, 1998

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