Chicago Blackhawks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 on Thursday, April 3, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Blackhawks outshot the Oilers 34–26.
Goals came from Ryan Smyth, Sergei Krivokrasov, Bob Probert, Bryan Marchment, Mike Grier and Kelly Buchberger.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Smyth (35)Rem Murray (20), Doug Weight (59)0–106:21 EDM · 
Sergei Krivokrasov (13)Tony Amonte (33)1–117:56 CHI
2nd period
Bob Probert (9)Jim Cummins (6), Chris Chelios (37)2–103:25 CHI
Bryan Marchment (3)Andrei Kovalenko (25)2–216:27 EDM
3rd period
Mike Grier (15)Mariusz Czerkawski (21), Boris Mironov (25)2–313:03 EDM · 
Kelly Buchberger (8)Luke Richardson (11)2–419:52 EDM ·
Team stats
CHIEDM
3426
0%0%
0/42/5
108
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00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:13 into the first period
Gary Suter · interference2 min - 14:10 into the first period
Kelly Buchberger · interference2 min - 19:20 into the first periodGreg De Vries · cross checking2 min
- 5:11 into the second periodEric Weinrich · interference2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodSteve Smith · cross checking2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodMariusz Czerkawski · high sticking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBob Probert · roughing2 min
- 5:56 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 11:23 into the third periodMichal Sykora · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.