Edmonton Oilers vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, February 27, 1997 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–3 on Thursday, February 27, 1997 at Great Western Forum. The Oilers outshot the Kings 32–28.
Dmitri Khristich scored twice and Andrei Kovalenko scored twice. Mike Grier, Jan Vopat, Eddie Olczyk, Dan Bylsma and Vladimir Tsyplakov also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Dmitri Khristich (14)Vitali Yachmenev (16), Philippe Boucher (13)0–112:25 LAK- Dmitri Khristich (15)Vladimir Tsyplakov (17)0–216:10 LAK
Mike Grier (9)Dean McAmmond (17)1–219:54 EDM
2nd period
Jan Vopat (4)Vitali Yachmenev (17), Dmitri Khristich (31)1–307:11 LAK
Eddie Olczyk (20)Jeff Shevalier (4)1–415:08 LAK
Dan Bylsma (3)Jeff Shevalier (5), Philippe Boucher (14)1–518:02 LAK
3rd period
Andrei Kovalenko (28)Todd Marchant (14)2–502:31 EDM
Vladimir Tsyplakov (15)Vitali Yachmenev (18), Jan Vopat (2)2–611:49 LAK · - Andrei Kovalenko (29)Doug Weight (45), Jason Arnott (30)3–619:20 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMLAK
3228
0%0%
1/61/3
1319
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:21 into the first period
Petr Klima · interference obstruction2 min - 2:23 into the first period
Mattias Norstrom · holding obstruction2 min - 13:22 into the first periodGreg De Vries · fighting5 min
- 13:22 into the first periodRoman Vopat · fighting5 min
- 9:01 into the second periodRoman Vopat · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMatt Johnson · boarding2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodLuke Richardson · roughing2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodSean Brown · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:19 into the second periodMatt Johnson · roughing2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodSean Brown · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:49 into the third periodJan Vopat · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodMatt Johnson · high sticking2 min
- 18:46 into the third periodAki Berg · high sticking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.