Vancouver Canucks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, November 1, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–4 in overtime on Friday, November 1, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Canucks 39–34.
Esa Tikkanen scored twice. Chris Joseph, Boris Mironov, Alexander Mogilny, Jason Arnott, Andrei Kovalenko, Todd Marchant and Mike Ridley also scored.
Corey Hirsch made 35 saves on 39 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 29 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Joseph (1)Pavel Bure (5), Trevor Linden (6)1–004:28 VAN
Boris Mironov (2)Mariusz Czerkawski (4), Mike Grier (3)1–106:50 EDM
Esa Tikkanen (2)Trevor Linden (7), Pavel Bure (6)2–118:23 VAN
2nd period
Alexander Mogilny (5)Chris Joseph (4), Bret Hedican (4)3–108:12 VAN
Jason Arnott (7)Boris Mironov (4), Dean McAmmond (6)3–209:19 EDM ·
3rd period
Andrei Kovalenko (7)Jason Arnott (7), Michel Petit (4)3–307:09 EDM
Todd Marchant (3)Kevin Lowe (1), Mike Grier (4)3–417:22 EDM
Mike Ridley (3)Martin Gelinas (5), Alexander Mogilny (5)4–418:35 VAN
Overtime
- Esa Tikkanen (3)Pavel Bure (7), Bret Hedican (5)5–400:42 VAN
Team stats
VANEDM
3439
0%0%
0/31/5
2018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:45 into the first period
Bret Hedican · slashing2 min - 14:31 into the first period
Louie Debrusk · fighting5 min - 14:31 into the first periodTroy Crowder · fighting5 min
- 14:31 into the first periodGino Odjick · high sticking2 min
- 19:15 into the first periodPavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodMichel Petit · tripping2 min
- 3:39 into the second periodBryan Marchment · tripping obstruction2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodPavel Bure · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodDoug Weight · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodDoug Weight · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:55 into the second periodDave Babych · holding2 min
- 5:51 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 5:51 into the third periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +5 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corey HirschG | W | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 34 | 5 | .853 |