Tampa Bay Lightning vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1997 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 on Saturday, March 22, 1997 at General Motors Place. The Lightning outshot the Canucks 32–22.
Goals came from Martin Gelinas, Chris Gratton, Adrian Aucoin, Markus Naslund and John Cullen.
Corey Hirsch made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 15 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (28)Brian Noonan (18), Steve Staios (9)0–105:32 VAN
2nd period
Chris Gratton (26)Rob Zamuner (29)1–100:54 TBL
Adrian Aucoin (4)Alexander Mogilny (39), Lonny Bohonos (5)1–203:43 VAN · 
Markus Naslund (16)Lonny Bohonos (6)1–306:00 VAN
3rd period
John Cullen (16)Dino Ciccarelli (22)2–304:29 TBL
Team stats
TBLVAN
3222
0%0%
0/21/4
1915
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first period
Shawn Burr · elbowing2 min - 2:07 into the first period
Steve Staios · cross checking2 min - 13:15 into the first periodJamie Huscroft · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:15 into the first periodDonald Brashear · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:48 into the first periodDonald Brashear · tripping2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · roughing2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · fighting5 min
- 0:42 into the second periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 2:12 into the second periodBill Houlder · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodShawn Burr · tripping2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodRoman Hamrlik · hooking2 min
- 1:39 into the third periodRob Zamuner · tripping2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodMartin Gelinas · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 16 | 1 | .938 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 6 | 2 | .667 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Larry CourvilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corey HirschG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |