San Jose Sharks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Saturday, December 28, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Sharks 31–20.
Doug Weight scored twice. Miroslav Satan, Ulf Dahlen, Jeff Friesen, Owen Nolan, Ryan Smyth and Kelly Buchberger also scored.
Bob Essensa made 17 saves on 20 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 13 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (12)Andrei Kovalenko (16)0–114:06 EDM
Ulf Dahlen (5)Ray Whitney (1)1–116:11 SJS
2nd period
Jeff Friesen (10)Tony Granato (7), Andrei Nazarov (6)2–101:21 SJS
Owen Nolan (15)Al Iafrate (7), Greg Hawgood (5)3–116:50 SJS · 
Ryan Smyth (18)Kelly Buchberger (14), Mats Lindgren (7)3–218:10 EDM
Doug Weight (8)Dan Mcgillis (6)3–319:39 EDM
3rd period
Kelly Buchberger (3)Ryan Smyth (14), Mats Lindgren (8)3–416:00 EDM- Doug Weight (9)Unassisted3–519:07 EDM ·
Team stats
SJSEDM
2031
0%0%
1/40/4
4643
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:37 into the first period
Michel Petit · holding obstruction2 min - 5:45 into the second period
Doug Bodger · interference2 min - 6:44 into the second periodDan Mcgillis · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:17 into the second periodBernie Nicholls · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:29 into the second periodMichal Sykora · holding obstruction2 min
- 16:39 into the second periodRem Murray · interference2 min
- 2:06 into the third periodRyan Smyth · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:53 into the third periodLuke Richardson · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the third periodLuke Richardson · misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodAndrei Kovalenko · misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodDoug Weight · misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodGreg Hawgood · slashing5 min
- 19:53 into the third periodGreg Hawgood · game misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodRon Sutter · misconduct10 min
- 19:53 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · fighting5 min
- 19:53 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · misconduct10 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | L | 16 | 3 | .813 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 14 | 1 | .929 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | W | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |