Edmonton Oilers vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, March 29, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3–1 on Saturday, March 29, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Oilers 36–18.
Goals came from Andrei Kovalenko, Steve Kelly, Dallas Drake and Mariusz Czerkawski.
Curtis Joseph made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 15 of 17.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 EDM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kovalenko (32)Mariusz Czerkawski (20), Doug Weight (57)1–019:52 EDM ·
2nd period
Steve Kelly (1)Bryan Marchment (13), Kelly Buchberger (26)2–016:56 EDM
3rd period
Dallas Drake (13)Cliff Ronning (30), Jeremy Roenick (34)2–114:04 PHX
Mariusz Czerkawski (26)Mike Grier (17), Doug Weight (58)3–119:59 EDM ·
Team stats
EDMPHX
1836
0%0%
1/30/5
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:02 into the first periodGreg De Vries · interference2 min
- 5:55 into the first periodAndrei Kovalenko · hooking2 min
- 14:27 into the first periodDarrin Shannon · holding2 min
- 19:02 into the first periodKeith Tkachuk · holding2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodSteve Kelly · interference2 min
- 12:40 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · tripping2 min
- 13:48 into the second periodNorm MacIver · hooking2 min
- 8:53 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Steve KellyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 85Petr KlimaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 8 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |