Tampa Bay Lightning vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 on Wednesday, March 19, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Lightning outshot the Oilers 34–25.
Goals came from Mike Grier, Rob Zamuner, Kelly Buchberger and Mariusz Czerkawski.
Curtis Joseph made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Grier (14)Dan Mcgillis (11), Doug Weight (54)0–109:13 EDM · 
Rob Zamuner (14)Mikael Andersson (13)1–110:36 TBL ·
3rd period
Kelly Buchberger (7)Todd Marchant (16), Mats Lindgren (14)1–203:35 EDM
Mariusz Czerkawski (24)Mike Grier (16), Rem Murray (18)1–313:49 EDM
Team stats
TBLEDM
3425
0%0%
0/41/5
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Kevin Lowe · roughing2 min - 7:19 into the first period
Chris Gratton · slashing2 min - 9:57 into the first periodDaymond Langkow · roughing2 min
- 13:51 into the first periodAndrei Kovalenko · cross checking2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodChris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 15:22 into the second periodGreg De Vries · high sticking2 min
- 19:58 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the third periodCraig Millar · roughing2 min
- 10:07 into the third periodJohn Cullen · roughing2 min
- 11:31 into the third periodCory Cross · holding2 min
- 19:51 into the third periodBryan Marchment · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 93Daren PuppaG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 29Louie DebruskL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 35Craig MillarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |