Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, October 6, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–0 on Sunday, October 6, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 35–32.
Goals came from Dean McAmmond and Rem Murray.
Curtis Joseph made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Corey Hirsch stopped 10 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Dean McAmmond (2)Jason Arnott (2)0–118:13 EDM · 
Rem Murray (2)Kelly Buchberger (1), Ryan Smyth (1)0–219:34 EDM
Team stats
VANEDM
3532
0%0%
0/51/5
1218
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:51 into the first period
Jassen Cullimore · tripping obstruction2 min - 6:06 into the first period
Dean McAmmond · holding obstruction2 min - 9:27 into the first periodBoris Mironov · holding2 min
- 16:19 into the first periodAdrian Aucoin · cross checking2 min
- 2:51 into the second periodBryan Marchment · interference2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · holding2 min
- 10:18 into the second periodLouie Debrusk · attempt to injure10 min
- 10:18 into the second periodDana Murzyn · elbowing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodGino Odjick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:10 into the third periodBryan Marchment · slashing2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodGino Odjick · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 20 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Corey HirschG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 35 | 0 | 1.000 |