San Jose Sharks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 29, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 3–1 on Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Sharks outshot the Oilers 35–24.
Goals came from Shean Donovan, Rem Murray, Andrei Kovalenko and Mats Lindgren.
Curtis Joseph made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 21 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Shean Donovan (4)Alexei Yegorov (1), Greg Hawgood (7)1–002:51 SJS
Rem Murray (8)Todd Marchant (9), Andrei Kovalenko (21)1–118:50 EDM
2nd period
Andrei Kovalenko (25)Doug Weight (35), Miroslav Satan (10)1–218:48 EDM
3rd period
Mats Lindgren (7)Unassisted1–319:53 EDM · ·
Team stats
SJSEDM
3524
0%0%
0/41/5
2510
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:43 into the first period
Donald Dufresne · cross checking2 min - 1:42 into the second period
Doug Bodger · holding2 min - 2:07 into the second periodAl Iafrate · checking from behind5 min
- 2:07 into the second periodAl Iafrate · game misconduct10 min
- 9:19 into the second periodDody Wood · roughing2 min
- 19:28 into the second periodMats Lindgren · holding the stick2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodKevin Lowe · interference2 min
- 7:42 into the third periodDonald Dufresne · cross checking2 min
- 14:46 into the third periodMarty McSorley · elbowing2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodRyan Smyth · elbowing2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · holding2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 15Alexei YegorovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Chris TancillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | L | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Donald DufresneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |