Phoenix Coyotes vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Friday, October 3, 1997 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes 7–2 on Friday, October 3, 1997 at Kiel Center. The Coyotes outshot the Blues 29–24.
Brett Hull scored twice and Al MacInnis scored twice. Kelly Chase, Geoff Courtnall, Rick Tocchet, Marc Bergevin and Teppo Numminen also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 8 of 12.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 |
 STL | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
Scoring
1st period
Brett Hull (1)Steve Duchesne (2)0–102:17 STL · 
Al MacInnis (2)Steve Duchesne (3), Pierre Turgeon (1)0–204:55 STL ·
2nd period
Kelly Chase (1)Harry York (1), Chris Pronger (1)0–310:18 STL- Brett Hull (2)Pierre Turgeon (2), Steve Duchesne (4)0–415:03 STL
3rd period
- Al MacInnis (3)Unassisted0–500:59 STL ·
Geoff Courtnall (1)Jim Campbell (1)0–601:56 STL
Rick Tocchet (1)Jeremy Roenick (3), Teppo Numminen (1)1–602:31 PHX
Marc Bergevin (1)Rudy Poeschek (1), Darren Turcotte (1)1–711:59 STL
Teppo Numminen (2)Craig Janney (2), Shane Doan (1)2–716:22 PHX
Team stats
PHXSTL
2924
43%57%
0/53/6
2624
1313
69
816
1324
Penalties
- 2:07 into the first periodMurray Baron · high sticking2 min
- 3:51 into the first periodDallas Drake · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:51 into the first periodJoe Murphy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:35 into the first periodTeppo Numminen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:29 into the first periodJim McKenzie · boarding2 min
- 11:34 into the first periodHarry York · holding2 min
- 14:40 into the first periodJim Campbell · interference2 min
- 4:15 into the second periodJamie Rivers · holding the stick2 min
- 7:16 into the second periodJim Campbell · tripping2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 13:27 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 19:17 into the second periodCliff Ronning · holding obstruction2 min
- 3:17 into the third periodDallas Drake · fighting5 min
- 3:17 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · fighting5 min
- 7:05 into the third periodJeremy Roenick · high sticking2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodJim Johnson · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:55 into the third periodTony Twist · holding2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodRick Tocchet · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:26 into the third periodKelly Chase · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:18 |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:23 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:55 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 11:46 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:58 |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 2Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:55 |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 8Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 12 | 3 | .750 | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 12 | 4 | .667 |
St. Louis Blues
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 16Brett HullR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 19:29 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:33 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26:21 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:59 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:01 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:42 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:43 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:11 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |