Vancouver Canucks vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Friday, December 27, 1996 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Vancouver Canucks 7–4 on Friday, December 27, 1996 at America West Arena. The Canucks outshot the Coyotes 34–26.
Deron Quint scored twice. Esa Tikkanen, Gino Odjick, Jim Johnson, Lonny Bohonos, Keith Tkachuk, Mike Gartner, Jeremy Roenick, Cliff Ronning and Dave Babych also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 19 of 26.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 VAN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 34 |
 PHX | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 26 |
Scoring
1st period
Deron Quint (2)Keith Tkachuk (15)0–113:49 PHX
Esa Tikkanen (6)Alexander Mogilny (17), Mike Ridley (17)1–116:39 VAN
2nd period
Gino Odjick (3)Donald Brashear (3), Mike Ridley (18)2–102:10 VAN
Jim Johnson (2)Darrin Shannon (6), Cliff Ronning (10)2–206:53 PHX
Lonny Bohonos (3)Troy Crowder (2), Markus Naslund (9)3–209:53 VAN
Keith Tkachuk (22)Craig Janney (15), Dave Manson (5)3–310:26 PHX
3rd period
- Deron Quint (3)Oleg Tverdovsky (17), Keith Tkachuk (16)3–401:00 PHX ·
Mike Gartner (17)Oleg Tverdovsky (18)3–502:21 PHX
Jeremy Roenick (9)Dave Manson (6), Jeff Finley (4)3–606:50 PHX
Cliff Ronning (4)Oleg Tverdovsky (19), Deron Quint (7)3–716:49 PHX · 
Dave Babych (2)Pavel Bure (17), Esa Tikkanen (11)4–718:43 VAN ·
Team stats
VANPHX
3426
0%0%
1/32/4
4230
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:57 into the first periodDave Manson · tripping2 min
- 3:27 into the second periodDarcy Wakaluk · delaying game2 min
- 15:45 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · fighting5 min
- 15:45 into the second periodAdrian Aucoin · fighting5 min
- 16:14 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · misconduct10 min
- 19:01 into the second periodDavid Roberts · cross checking2 min
- 3:29 into the third periodDave Babych · interference2 min
- 5:46 into the third periodCliff Ronning · slashing2 min
- 5:46 into the third periodAdrian Aucoin · slashing2 min
- 7:59 into the third periodDana Murzyn · interference2 min
- 10:59 into the third periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 10:59 into the third periodMike Stapleton · misconduct10 min
- 10:59 into the third periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
- 10:59 into the third periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 15:52 into the third periodMartin Gelinas · hooking2 min
- 17:15 into the third periodDave Manson · cross checking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 26 | 7 | .731 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 43Darcy WakalukG | 18 | 3 | .833 |