Ottawa Senators vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, December 6, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Ottawa Senators 5–2 on Friday, December 6, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Senators 28–23.
Doug Weight scored twice. Mariusz Czerkawski, Alexandre Daigle, Rem Murray, Ryan Smyth and Andreas Dackell also scored.
Curtis Joseph made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Weight (6)Boris Mironov (16)0–108:30 EDM
Mariusz Czerkawski (12)Ryan Smyth (9), Luke Richardson (6)0–211:57 EDM
2nd period
Alexandre Daigle (9)Christer Olsson (2), Randy Cunneyworth (7)1–206:58 OTT
Rem Murray (7)Miroslav Satan (4), Mats Lindgren (4)1–310:48 EDM
3rd period
Ryan Smyth (13)Andrei Kovalenko (12), Jason Arnott (16)1–412:26 EDM · 
Andreas Dackell (6)Daniel Alfredsson (14), Alexei Yashin (10)2–413:09 OTT- Doug Weight (7)Ryan Smyth (10), Mariusz Czerkawski (7)2–515:03 EDM
Team stats
OTTEDM
2328
0%0%
0/21/4
128
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:35 into the first period
Janne Laukkanen · holding obstruction2 min - 7:40 into the second periodDenny Lambert · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:53 into the second period
Jason Arnott · roughing2 min - 12:04 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodDenis Chasse · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodMike Grier · roughing2 min
- 12:51 into the third periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodDean McAmmond · roughing2 min
- 18:22 into the third periodLance Pitlick · roughing2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |