Los Angeles Kings vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 1997 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 on Thursday, January 2, 1997 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Kings 39–30.
Pavel Bure scored twice. Alexander Mogilny, Eddie Olczyk, Donald Brashear, Kai Nurminen and Jeff Shevalier also scored.
Kirk McLean made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Pavel Bure (12)Alexander Mogilny (19), Adrian Aucoin (9)0–107:17 VAN ·
2nd period
Alexander Mogilny (16)Pavel Bure (19)0–213:33 VAN · 
Eddie Olczyk (10)Ray Ferraro (14), Jaroslav Modry (3)1–215:34 LAK- Pavel Bure (13)Alexander Mogilny (20), Adrian Aucoin (10)1–316:26 VAN
Donald Brashear (4)Gino Odjick (5), Dana Murzyn (1)1–417:52 VAN
3rd period
Kai Nurminen (7)Dmitri Khristich (21), Philippe Boucher (5)2–405:31 LAK
Jeff Shevalier (1)John Slaney (10), Ian Laperriere (9)3–418:26 LAK ·
Team stats
LAKVAN
3039
0%0%
1/51/5
1719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:17 into the first period
Jaroslav Modry · holding2 min - 7:56 into the first periodKai Nurminen · high sticking double minor4 min
- 13:25 into the first period
Jevgeni Namestnikov · interference obstruction2 min - 4:07 into the second periodDonald Brashear · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodDoug Zmolek · fighting5 min
- 7:28 into the second periodGino Odjick · cross checking2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
- 10:08 into the second periodJaroslav Modry · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodDave Babych · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodIan Laperriere · slashing2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodDonald Brashear · slashing2 min
- 11:34 into the third periodGino Odjick · high sticking2 min
- 13:21 into the third periodRay Ferraro · high sticking2 min
- 16:38 into the third periodDana Murzyn · high sticking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jeff ShevalierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 40Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Jevgeni NamestnikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |