Los Angeles Kings vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Monday, December 30, 1996 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-1 on Monday, December 30, 1996 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 38-22.
Goals came from Dmitri Khristich, Doug Weight and Andrei Kovalenko.
Curtis Joseph made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 36 of 38.
Scoring
2nd period
Dmitri Khristich (9)Ian Laperriere (8), Kevin Stevens (11)1–011:03 LAK
3rd period
Doug Weight (10)Miroslav Satan (6), Kevin Lowe (5)1–100:42 EDM
Andrei Kovalenko (20)Doug Weight (23), Kelly Buchberger (15)1–205:19 EDM
Team stats
LAKEDM
22Shots on goal38
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play0/7
14Penalty minutes6
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 05:41
Mattias Norstrom · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 06:05
Ryan Smyth · slashing2 min - 1st 13:49Steven Finn · holding obstruction2 min
- 1st 14:55Andrei Kovalenko · charging2 min
- 2nd 05:03Kevin Stevens · slashing2 min
- 2nd 08:33Dmitri Khristich · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 13:54Eddie Olczyk · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:56Steven Finn · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 03:04Louie Debrusk · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:24Ray Ferraro · slashing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 19Jeff ShevalierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 40Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 15Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 38 | 36 | 2 | .947 | 59:08 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 60:00 |