Los Angeles Kings vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Tuesday, December 3, 1996 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-1 on Tuesday, December 3, 1996 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Kings 36-30.
Goals came from Ray Ferraro, Brad Smyth, Rob Blake, Vladimir Tsyplakov and Keith Tkachuk.
Byron Dafoe made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 26 of 30.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LAK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 30 |
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
Scoring
1st period
Ray Ferraro (11)Kevin Stevens (5), Yanic Perreault (9)1–002:49 LAK · PPG
Brad Smyth (2)Ray Ferraro (9), Kevin Stevens (6)2–015:56 LAK
Rob Blake (5)Unassisted3–019:08 LAK · PPG
2nd period
Vladimir Tsyplakov (7)Vitali Yachmenev (8), Dmitri Khristich (18)4–017:04 LAK
3rd period
Keith Tkachuk (11)Shane Doan (3), Chad Kilger (3)4–100:29 PHX
Team stats
LAKPHX
30Shots on goal36
0%Faceoff %0%
2/5Power play0/4
18Penalty minutes30
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:53Keith Tkachuk · slashing2 min
- 1st 12:32Kai Nurminen · interference2 min
- 1st 17:49Jim Johnson · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 02:03Eddie Olczyk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:29Shane Doan · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 12:18Doug Zmolek · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:18Kris King · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:25Ray Ferraro · tripping2 min
- 2nd 15:03Keith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:18Keith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 18:46Matt Johnson · fighting5 min
- 3rd 18:46Dave Manson · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 18:46Jim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:26Eddie Olczyk · hooking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 20Ray FerraroC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 36 | 35 | 1 | .972 | 60:00 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 60:00 |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |