Phoenix Coyotes vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Thursday, March 20, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Thursday, March 20, 1997 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Coyotes 42–21.
Keith Tkachuk scored 4 goals. Alexei Zhamnov and Keith Carney also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Chris Terreri stopped 17 of 20.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
 CHI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Zhamnov (16)Ulf Dahlen (18)0–100:25 CHI
Keith Tkachuk (43)Craig Janney (31), Mike Gartner (27)1–110:30 PHX- Keith Tkachuk (44)Craig Janney (32), Jeremy Roenick (32)2–113:40 PHX
3rd period
Keith Carney (2)Murray Craven (23)2–204:31 CHI- Keith Tkachuk (45)Oleg Tverdovsky (42), Mike Stapleton (8)3–210:23 PHX ·
- Keith Tkachuk (46)Jeremy Roenick (33), Oleg Tverdovsky (43)4–219:39 PHX ·
Team stats
PHXCHI
2142
0%0%
1/40/7
3822
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:15 into the first periodJim Cummins · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 3:15 into the first periodJim Cummins · fighting5 min
- 3:15 into the first periodGerald Diduck · instigator2 min
- 3:15 into the first periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 3:15 into the first periodGerald Diduck · misconduct10 min
- 5:23 into the first periodEnrico Ciccone · fighting5 min
- 5:23 into the first periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 15:47 into the first periodMike Stapleton · high sticking2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · high sticking2 min
- 3:54 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · roughing2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodBench · illegal stick2 min
- 11:04 into the second periodBench · throwing equipment2 min
- 12:41 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · high sticking double minor4 min
- 7:37 into the third periodBob Probert · high sticking2 min
- 10:18 into the third periodDenis Savard · holding obstruction2 min
- 10:57 into the third periodDarrin Shannon · tripping2 min
- 14:25 into the third periodBob Probert · boarding2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 4 | 0 | 4 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 42 | 2 | .952 |
| 46Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Chris TerreriG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |