Vancouver Canucks vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Thursday, October 23, 1997 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Vancouver Canucks 4–1 on Thursday, October 23, 1997 at Kiel Center. The Blues outshot the Canucks 27–24.
Goals came from Scott Walker, Joe Murphy, Pavol Demitra, Geoff Courtnall and Chris Pronger.
Grant Fuhr made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Walker (2)Mike Sillinger (2), Bret Hedican (3)1–014:09 VAN ·
2nd period
Joe Murphy (3)Steve Duchesne (11), Pavol Demitra (5)1–114:35 STL
Pavol Demitra (3)Brett Hull (6), Steve Duchesne (12)1–215:38 STL ·
3rd period
Geoff Courtnall (5)Brett Hull (7)1–312:14 STL
Chris Pronger (1)Unassisted1–418:51 STL ·
Team stats
VANSTL
2427
65%35%
0/31/3
88
34
34
95
06
Penalties
- 6:21 into the first period
Steve Staios · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:20 into the first period
Jamie Rivers · slashing2 min - 12:40 into the first periodMark Messier · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · holding obstruction2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:02 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodSteve Staios · hooking2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 24Scott WalkerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 10Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 17:01 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 17Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:05 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 20Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 08:00 |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:35 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 16:45 |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 27Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12:03 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 13:09 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:51 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:25 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:16 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:02 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:06 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:46 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:24 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |