Los Angeles Kings vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Tuesday, February 18, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–1 on Tuesday, February 18, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Kings 37–28.
Jim McKenzie scored a hat trick. Kris King, Mike Gartner, Matt Johnson and Darrin Shannon also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 31 of 37.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LAK | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
 PHX | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 37 |
Scoring
1st period
Kris King (3)Unassisted0–105:32 PHX
Jim McKenzie (2)Jayson More (4), Mike Stapleton (5)0–205:56 PHX- Jim McKenzie (3)Mike Stapleton (6), Mike Gartner (23)0–313:47 PHX
Mike Gartner (25)Teppo Numminen (18)0–418:14 PHX
2nd period
Matt Johnson (1)Nathan LaFayette (1)1–412:40 LAK- Jim McKenzie (4)Mike Stapleton (7)1–514:40 PHX
Darrin Shannon (9)Jeff Finley (5)1–615:33 PHX
Team stats
LAKPHX
2837
0%0%
0/40/2
913
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:58 into the first periodEddie Olczyk · interference2 min
- 11:22 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · cross checking2 min
- 9:41 into the second periodKris King · hooking2 min
- 17:12 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:32 into the second periodMatt Johnson · fighting5 min
- 19:32 into the second periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 4:08 into the third periodKris King · cross checking2 min
- 6:46 into the third periodSteven Finn · interference2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Roman VopatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 19Jeff ShevalierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 26Chris MarinucciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 8 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott LangkowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |