Edmonton Oilers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 15, 1997 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Hartford Whalers 4–2 on Saturday, March 15, 1997 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Oilers 45–25.
Goals came from Steve Chiasson, Doug Weight, Mats Lindgren, Geoff Sanderson, Jason Arnott and Rem Murray.
Curtis Joseph made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Chiasson (7)Steven Rice (12), Keith Primeau (22)0–110:10 HFD · 
Doug Weight (18)Unassisted1–111:49 EDM
Mats Lindgren (9)Kelly Buchberger (21), Bryan Marchment (12)2–112:26 EDM
2nd period
Geoff Sanderson (32)Steve Chiasson (15), Nelson Emerson (24)2–204:44 HFD · 
Jason Arnott (18)Mike Grier (15)3–214:30 EDM ·
3rd period
Rem Murray (11)Kelly Buchberger (22), Mats Lindgren (13)4–218:57 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMHFD
2545
0%0%
1/32/7
168
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:30 into the first period
Marek Malik · hooking2 min - 9:26 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · hooking2 min - 19:14 into the first periodPetr Klima · tripping2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodKevin Lowe · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodSteven Rice · roughing2 min
- 4:38 into the second periodCurtis Joseph · cross checking2 min
- 12:51 into the second periodKevin Haller · cross checking2 min
- 15:42 into the second periodDoug Weight · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodMats Lindgren · slashing2 min
- 18:48 into the second periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 6:03 into the third periodJason Arnott · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:58 into the third periodLuke Richardson · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 15Joe HulbigL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 45 | 2 | .956 |
Hartford Whalers
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |