Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, October 24, 1996 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–2 on Thursday, October 24, 1996 at Great Western Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 36–30.
Andrei Kovalenko scored twice and Rem Murray scored a hat trick. Vitali Yachmenev, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Mariusz Czerkawski, Todd Marchant and Miroslav Satan also scored.
Bob Essensa made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 13 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Vitali Yachmenev (1)Dmitri Khristich (9)0–114:10 LAK
Vladimir Tsyplakov (1)Dmitri Khristich (10), Vitali Yachmenev (1)0–217:03 LAK
2nd period
Andrei Kovalenko (4)Boris Mironov (3)1–202:22 EDM · 
Rem Murray (3)Michel Petit (1)2–203:40 EDM
Mariusz Czerkawski (1)Ryan Smyth (2), Doug Weight (6)3–204:26 EDM- Rem Murray (4)Unassisted4–206:46 EDM
- Andrei Kovalenko (5)Doug Weight (7), Jason Arnott (6)5–209:06 EDM ·
Todd Marchant (2)Kelly Buchberger (5)6–213:58 EDM ·
3rd period
Miroslav Satan (3)Rem Murray (5), Greg De Vries (2)7–206:00 EDM- Rem Murray (5)Miroslav Satan (2), Luke Richardson (2)8–213:31 EDM
Team stats
EDMLAK
3630
0%0%
2/70/4
1738
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:23 into the first period
Ryan Smyth · high sticking2 min - 9:40 into the first period
Ian Laperriere · hooking2 min - 14:25 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · hooking2 min
- 19:59 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · elbowing2 min
- 1:59 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · holding2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodBoris Mironov · slashing2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodCraig Johnson · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodVladimir Tsyplakov · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:33 into the second periodSteven Finn · high sticking2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodJason Arnott · fighting5 min
- 16:48 into the second periodSteven Finn · fighting5 min
- 18:26 into the second periodCraig Johnson · boarding5 min
- 19:02 into the second periodDoug Zmolek · hooking2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodIan Laperriere · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:16 into the third periodIan Laperriere · misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 17Rem MurrayL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +4 | 5 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 19 | 4 | .789 | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 17 | 4 | .765 |