St. Louis Blues vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, December 8, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Sunday, December 8, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Blues 30–27.
Goals came from Peter Zezel, Joe Murphy, Andrei Kovalenko, Jason Arnott and Brett Hull.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Zezel (4)Igor Kravchuk (11)1–004:18 STL
Joe Murphy (6)Pierre Turgeon (17), Libor Zabransky (5)2–005:55 STL
2nd period
Andrei Kovalenko (13)Ryan Smyth (11), Doug Weight (20)2–102:49 EDM · 
Jason Arnott (11)Unassisted2–216:50 EDM
3rd period
Brett Hull (12)Peter Zezel (8)3–210:04 STL
Team stats
STLEDM
2730
0%0%
0/31/5
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:34 into the first period
Jamie Rivers · hooking2 min - 15:46 into the first period
Michel Petit · interference obstruction2 min - 1:22 into the second periodMike Peluso · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:23 into the second periodChris Pronger · high sticking2 min
- 15:17 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 15:17 into the second periodMike Peluso · fighting5 min
- 19:21 into the second periodRyan Smyth · slashing2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodLibor Zabransky · roughing2 min
- 4:21 into the third periodBoris Mironov · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.