Pittsburgh Penguins vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, October 24, 1997 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 on Friday, October 24, 1997 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Oilers 29–28.
Goals came from Andreas Johansson, Eddie Olczyk, Greg De Vries, Rem Murray, Kelly Buchberger, Ron Francis and Dan Mcgillis.
Curtis Joseph made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tom Barrasso stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Andreas Johansson (1)Ron Francis (8), Fredrik Olausson (5)1–001:11 PIT
Eddie Olczyk (4)Jaromir Jagr (10), Ron Francis (9)2–004:44 PIT · 
Greg De Vries (1)Steve Kelly (1), Mike Grier (1)2–108:45 EDM
Rem Murray (1)Doug Weight (6)2–210:14 EDM
3rd period
Kelly Buchberger (1)Ryan Smyth (4), Jason Arnott (4)2–301:39 EDM
Ron Francis (6)Andreas Johansson (5), Jaromir Jagr (11)3–312:51 PIT
Dan Mcgillis (1)Doug Weight (7), Boris Mironov (1)3–415:20 EDM ·
Team stats
PITEDM
2928
46%54%
1/71/4
1218
3142
1016
1211
1028
Penalties
- 9:57 into the first period
Fredrik Olausson · interference2 min - 16:29 into the first period
Rem Murray · roughing2 min - 16:29 into the first periodRob Brown · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the first periodAndreas Johansson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodDan Mcgillis · slashing2 min
- 3:46 into the second periodSteve Kelly · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodRob Brown · hooking2 min
- 15:23 into the second periodDoug Weight · cross checking2 min
- 17:39 into the second periodDrew Bannister · high sticking2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodMike Grier · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodBryan Marchment · slashing2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodRob Brown · slashing2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodGreg De Vries · holding2 min
- 15:11 into the third periodSven Butenschon · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:35 into the third periodJason Arnott · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22:17 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 12:33 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 23:14 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:54 |
| 8Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:32 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:37 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:43 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:47 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:47 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:50 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 22Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:48 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 10Steve KellyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:51 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:43 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:55 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:44 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 29Jason BowenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:08 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |