Phoenix Coyotes vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1996 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the New Jersey Devils 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, December 7, 1996 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Devils outshot the Coyotes 35–17.
Goals came from Denis Pederson, John MacLean, Cliff Ronning, Mike Gartner, Shawn Chambers, Dallas Drake and Darrin Shannon.
Darcy Wakaluk made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 2 of 3.
| Goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
 NJD | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 35 |
Scoring
1st period
Denis Pederson (2)Brian Rolston (8), Randy Mckay (7)0–102:48 NJD
John MacLean (9)Dave Andreychuk (8), Scott Niedermayer (9)0–214:22 NJD · 
Cliff Ronning (2)Kris King (2)1–215:50 PHX
Mike Gartner (15)Oleg Tverdovsky (14), Craig Janney (11)2–216:34 PHX
2nd period
Shawn Chambers (3)Dave Andreychuk (9), Bobby Carpenter (5)2–306:58 NJD
3rd period
Dallas Drake (5)Cliff Ronning (5)3–305:25 PHX
Overtime
Darrin Shannon (2)Teppo Numminen (7), Dallas Drake (6)4–302:03 PHX
Team stats
PHXNJD
1735
0%0%
0/21/5
104
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:41 into the first periodBobby Holik · cross checking2 min
- 13:21 into the first periodDeron Quint · holding2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · elbowing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodBill Guerin · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodDallas Drake · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodDarrin Shannon · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
New Jersey Devils
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 14 | 3 | .786 | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | L | 3 | 1 | .667 |