Edmonton Oilers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 8, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–1 on Wednesday, January 8, 1997 at United Center. The Oilers outshot the Blackhawks 36–27.
Tony Amonte scored twice. Gary Suter, Mats Lindgren and Chris Chelios also scored.
Jeff Hackett made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Tony Amonte (25)Kevin Miller (10)0–104:44 CHI- Tony Amonte (26)Kevin Miller (11), Murray Craven (16)0–212:02 CHI
Gary Suter (4)Kevin Miller (12), Murray Craven (17)0–316:29 CHI
3rd period
Mats Lindgren (5)Kevin Lowe (7)1–317:45 EDM
Chris Chelios (7)Unassisted1–419:22 CHI ·
Team stats
EDMCHI
3627
0%0%
0/60/3
612
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the second period
Tony Amonte · interference2 min - 1:26 into the second period
Dan Mcgillis · tripping2 min - 2:58 into the second periodGary Suter · tripping2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodMiroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 16:52 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · interference2 min
- 4:04 into the third periodLouie Debrusk · roughing2 min
- 8:33 into the third periodCam Russell · high sticking double minor4 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ed BelfourG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |