Hartford Whalers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Sunday, January 12, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 2–1 in overtime on Sunday, January 12, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Whalers 30–28.
Goals came from Doug Weight, Adam Burt and Mats Lindgren.
Curtis Joseph made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Weight (13)Ryan Smyth (16), Boris Mironov (21)0–107:54 EDM ·
2nd period
Adam Burt (2)Andrew Cassels (27)1–106:16 HFD
Overtime
Mats Lindgren (6)Doug Weight (27), Miroslav Satan (9)1–202:27 EDM ·
Team stats
HFDEDM
2830
0%0%
0/32/7
1911
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:51 into the first period
Alexander Godynyuk · slashing2 min - 8:12 into the first period
David Oliver · interference goalkeeper2 min - 12:00 into the first periodLouie Debrusk · tripping2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodMarek Malik · holding2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodLuke Richardson · fighting5 min
- 2:56 into the second periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 8:00 into the second periodPaul Ranheim · high sticking2 min
- 11:08 into the second periodAlexander Godynyuk · roughing2 min
- 1:01 into the third periodAlexander Godynyuk · holding2 min
- 2:39 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 13:07 into the third periodJeff Norton · interference obstruction2 min
- 1:09 into overtimeSteven Rice · hooking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20David OliverR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |