Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, February 20, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 6–1 on Thursday, February 20, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sharks 29–28.
Alexander Mogilny scored twice. Trevor Linden, Martin Gelinas, Russ Courtnall, Tony Granato and Pavel Bure also scored.
Corey Hirsch made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Wade Flaherty stopped 23 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Trevor Linden (6)Bret Hedican (12), Chris Joseph (12)1–010:25 VAN · 
Martin Gelinas (18)Alexander Mogilny (32), Jyrki Lumme (15)2–014:51 VAN
2nd period
Russ Courtnall (8)Mike Ridley (28), Esa Tikkanen (15)3–009:20 VAN ·
3rd period
Alexander Mogilny (25)Dave Babych (15)4–001:46 VAN
Tony Granato (17)Bernie Nicholls (31), Marcus Ragnarsson (11)4–103:52 SJS · 
Pavel Bure (23)Mike Sillinger (13)5–112:58 VAN- Alexander Mogilny (26)Martin Gelinas (22), Trevor Linden (23)6–114:37 VAN ·
Team stats
VANSJS
2928
0%0%
3/51/5
1021
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:31 into the first period
Adrian Aucoin · tripping2 min - 8:35 into the first period
Tony Granato · holding the stick2 min - 10:25 into the first periodTodd Gill · cross checking2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodAdrian Aucoin · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodPavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodPavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 7:47 into the second periodMarcus Ragnarsson · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 2:27 into the third periodBret Hedican · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:10 into the third periodJeff Friesen · slashing5 min
- 14:10 into the third periodJeff Friesen · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corey HirschG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Wade FlahertyG | L | 29 | 6 | .793 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |