Buffalo Sabres vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Sunday, January 12, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, January 12, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Sabres 34–30.
Goals came from Brian Holzinger, Keith Tkachuk, Michael Peca, Igor Korolev and Jason Dawe.
Dominik Hasek made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 27 of 30.
| Goals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BUF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 30 |
 PHX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 34 |
Scoring
1st period
Brian Holzinger (13)Donald Audette (13), Brad May (2)1–005:19 BUF
2nd period
Keith Tkachuk (27)Mike Gartner (16), Jeremy Roenick (20)1–112:50 PHX ·
3rd period
Michael Peca (9)Dixon Ward (19)2–105:12 BUF · 
Igor Korolev (1)Jeremy Roenick (21), Dave Manson (8)2–205:54 PHX ·
Overtime
Jason Dawe (11)Unassisted3–200:10 BUF
Team stats
BUFPHX
3034
0%0%
0/62/5
1517
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:45 into the first periodIgor Korolev · holding2 min
- 3:05 into the first periodBrian Holzinger · interference2 min
- 7:13 into the first periodBrent Thompson · roughing2 min
- 9:34 into the first periodBrad May · slashing2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodDeron Quint · holding2 min
- 8:06 into the second periodOleg Tverdovsky · holding2 min
- 11:51 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 14:25 into the second periodBrent Thompson · fighting5 min
- 19:14 into the second periodKris King · interference2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodBob Boughner · hooking2 min
- 15:43 into the third periodKeith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
- 17:39 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Brent ThompsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Parris DuffusG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 30 | 3 | .900 |