Hartford Whalers vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Thursday, March 20, 1997 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Thursday, March 20, 1997 at Kiel Center. The Blues outshot the Whalers 36–29.
Pierre Turgeon scored twice. Robert Petrovicky, Al MacInnis and Keith Primeau also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
2nd period
Robert Petrovicky (5)Brett Hull (36), Joe Murphy (19)0–100:52 STL
Pierre Turgeon (23)Joe Murphy (20), Geoff Courtnall (38)0–213:56 STL
Al MacInnis (13)Pierre Turgeon (51), Joe Murphy (21)0–315:47 STL · 
Keith Primeau (20)Derek King (31), Glen Wesley (26)1–316:47 HFD
3rd period
- Pierre Turgeon (24)Scott Pellerin (8), Brett Hull (37)1–419:04 STL ·
Team stats
HFDSTL
2936
0%0%
0/51/5
1414
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:04 into the first period
Kevin Haller · interference2 min - 2:46 into the first period
Chris Pronger · high sticking2 min - 6:15 into the first periodJoe Murphy · interference2 min
- 7:51 into the first periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 7:51 into the first periodChris Pronger · slashing2 min
- 11:15 into the first periodKeith Primeau · interference2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodMarc Bergevin · roughing2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodJoe Murphy · slashing2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodJoe Murphy · slashing2 min
- 4:55 into the second periodGlen Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 4:55 into the second periodGlen Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 9:24 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · interference2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 17Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Robert PetrovickyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Scott PellerinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |