Phoenix Coyotes vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, April 3, 1997 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–4 on Thursday, April 3, 1997 at Great Western Forum. The Coyotes outshot the Kings 34–31.
Keith Tkachuk scored twice. Roman Vopat, Glen Murray, Cliff Ronning, Mike Gartner, Aki Berg, Teppo Numminen and Brad Smyth also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jamie Storr stopped 29 of 33.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
 LAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 31 |
Scoring
1st period
Roman Vopat (4)Kevin Stevens (20), Nathan LaFayette (3)0–106:51 LAK
Glen Murray (13)Jeff Shevalier (8), Jan Vopat (5)0–207:03 LAK
Keith Tkachuk (48)Craig Janney (34), Teppo Numminen (24)1–217:43 PHX ·
2nd period
Cliff Ronning (19)Unassisted2–200:42 PHX
Mike Gartner (32)Craig Janney (35), Keith Tkachuk (33)3–201:38 PHX
Aki Berg (1)Ray Ferraro (19), Jeff Shevalier (9)3–309:38 LAK · 
Teppo Numminen (2)Craig Janney (36), Mike Gartner (31)4–314:26 PHX
3rd period
- Keith Tkachuk (49)Jeremy Roenick (36), Gerald Diduck (11)5–319:14 PHX ·
Brad Smyth (9)Unassisted5–419:56 LAK
Team stats
PHXLAK
3431
0%0%
1/41/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 10:08 into the first periodKris King · elbowing2 min
- 13:55 into the first periodMike Gartner · slashing2 min
- 15:41 into the first periodDmitri Khristich · holding2 min
- 17:03 into the first periodJeff Shevalier · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodBob Corkum · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodDmitri Khristich · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:48 into the second periodJayson More · cross checking2 min
- 5:39 into the third periodTeppo Numminen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:02 into the third periodRay Ferraro · slashing2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 31 | 4 | .871 |
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 19Jeff ShevalierL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Roman VopatL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 33Jan VopatD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – |