Phoenix Coyotes vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, April 11, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–2 on Friday, April 11, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Coyotes 31–30.
Goals came from Craig Janney, Dallas Drake, Ryan Smyth, Keith Tkachuk, Mats Lindgren, Jeremy Roenick, Bob Corkum and Mike Stapleton.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 24 of 30.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 30 |
 EDM | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
Scoring
1st period
Craig Janney (15)Keith Tkachuk (34), Jeremy Roenick (39)1–004:21 PHX · 
Dallas Drake (17)Jeremy Roenick (40)2–007:46 PHX ·
2nd period
Ryan Smyth (38)Jason Arnott (38), Doug Weight (60)2–107:19 EDM · 
Keith Tkachuk (52)Craig Janney (38), Gerald Diduck (12)3–108:15 PHX
Mats Lindgren (11)Kelly Buchberger (29)3–216:23 EDM · 
Jeremy Roenick (29)Oleg Tverdovsky (44), Nikolai Khabibulin (3)4–219:47 PHX ·
3rd period
Bob Corkum (9)Jayson More (7)5–207:49 PHX · 
Mike Stapleton (4)Igor Korolev (7), Oleg Tverdovsky (45)6–219:50 PHX ·
Team stats
PHXEDM
3031
0%0%
3/71/6
1719
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:13 into the first periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 6:02 into the first periodIgor Korolev · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:58 into the first periodDarrin Shannon · holding2 min
- 11:11 into the first periodJim Johnson · roughing2 min
- 6:16 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:01 into the second periodAndrei Kovalenko · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:40 into the second periodBryan Marchment · tripping2 min
- 17:23 into the second periodShane Doan · holding2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodRem Murray · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:36 into the third periodCliff Ronning · hooking2 min
- 10:51 into the third periodBryan Marchment · tripping2 min
- 17:57 into the third periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 17:57 into the third periodJason Arnott · tripping2 min
- 19:55 into the third periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 19:55 into the third periodJayson More · fighting5 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Igor KorolevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Ralph IntranuovoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 30 | 6 | .800 |