Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 1997 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 2–1 on Thursday, March 27, 1997 at Kiel Center. The Kings outshot the Blues 30–25.
Goals came from Joe Murphy, Geoff Courtnall and Vitali Yachmenev.
Grant Fuhr made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
2nd period
Joe Murphy (16)Brett Hull (39), Pierre Turgeon (52)0–100:24 STL · 
Geoff Courtnall (16)Brett Hull (40), Igor Kravchuk (22)0–210:43 STL
3rd period
Vitali Yachmenev (10)Unassisted1–201:00 LAK
Team stats
LAKSTL
3025
0%0%
0/41/3
3032
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:41 into the first period
Nathan LaFayette · tripping2 min - 11:27 into the first periodRoman Vopat · roughing2 min
- 11:27 into the first period
Marc Bergevin · roughing2 min - 12:33 into the first periodRicard Persson · holding the stick2 min
- 18:41 into the first periodRay Ferraro · hooking2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodIgor Kravchuk · hooking2 min
- 4:37 into the second periodKevin Stevens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:37 into the second periodSean O'Donnell · misconduct10 min
- 4:37 into the second periodRoman Vopat · misconduct10 min
- 4:37 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:37 into the second periodMike Peluso · misconduct10 min
- 4:37 into the second periodCraig Conroy · misconduct10 min
- 5:45 into the third periodCraig MacTavish · high sticking2 min
- 7:57 into the third periodPierre Turgeon · high sticking2 min
- 12:57 into the third periodRob Blake · holding2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Roman VopatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jean Claude BergeronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
St. Louis Blues
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor KravchukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Robert PetrovickyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jon CaseyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |