Edmonton Oilers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 24, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Friday, January 24, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 35–23.
Goals came from Andrei Kovalenko, Rob Ray, Ryan Smyth and Dan Mcgillis.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kovalenko (24)Doug Weight (33), David Oliver (2)1–002:25 EDM ·
2nd period
Rob Ray (6)Barrie Moore (4), Garry Galley (20)1–108:06 BUF
3rd period
Ryan Smyth (24)Dan Mcgillis (7), Kevin Lowe (10)2–111:29 EDM
Dan Mcgillis (3)Andrei Kovalenko (20), Dean McAmmond (12)3–113:13 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMBUF
3523
0%0%
2/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:30 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · holding2 min - 7:51 into the first period
Miroslav Satan · tripping obstruction2 min - 12:31 into the first periodBrad May · roughing2 min
- 12:31 into the first periodBryan Marchment · roughing2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
- 14:18 into the second periodLuke Richardson · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:14 into the third periodBrad May · slashing2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodBrad May · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.