Vancouver Canucks vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Vancouver Canucks 7–6 in overtime on Saturday, November 1, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Canucks 42–26.
Martin Straka scored twice, Mark Messier scored twice and Rob Brown scored twice. Eddie Olczyk, Pavel Bure, Lubomir Vaic, Markus Naslund, Trevor Linden, Ron Francis and Aleksey Morozov also scored.
Ken Wregget made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 35 of 42.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Straka (4)Andreas Johansson (6)0–104:20 PIT · 
Eddie Olczyk (7)Ron Francis (11), Jaromir Jagr (12)0–205:15 PIT · 
Pavel Bure (7)Mattias Ohlund (6), Trevor Linden (6)1–207:06 VAN · 
Lubomir Vaic (1)Scott Walker (5)2–208:07 VAN
Markus Naslund (2)Mark Messier (2), Mattias Ohlund (7)3–209:05 VAN
Trevor Linden (4)Bret Hedican (6), Lubomir Vaic (1)4–210:40 VAN
Mark Messier (4)Pavel Bure (5)5–212:33 VAN
Rob Brown (2)Stu Barnes (4), Alex Hicks (5)5–314:05 PIT
2nd period
- Mark Messier (5)Pavel Bure (6)6–300:32 VAN
Ron Francis (7)Andreas Johansson (7), Jaromir Jagr (13)6–402:14 PIT- Martin Straka (5)Ron Francis (12), Jaromir Jagr (14)6–507:36 PIT ·
3rd period
Aleksey Morozov (3)Rob Brown (7), Stu Barnes (5)6–613:06 PIT ·
Overtime
- Rob Brown (3)Stu Barnes (6)6–703:52 PIT
Team stats
VANPIT
2642
51%49%
1/33/6
126
717
97
59
75
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Dana Murzyn · interference obstruction2 min - 3:02 into the first period
Tyler Wright · roughing2 min - 5:08 into the first periodSteve Staios · boarding2 min
- 6:49 into the first periodNeil Wilkinson · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:13 into the first periodChris McAllister · slashing2 min
- 6:24 into the second periodTrevor Linden · hooking2 min
- 18:06 into the second periodMark Messier · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:30 into the third periodChris McAllister · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the third periodNeil Wilkinson · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Pavel BureR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 24:48 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 22:51 |
| 9Lubomir VaicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:38 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23:24 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 23:45 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:25 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 28:49 |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:32 |
| 20Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:40 |
| 22Larry CourvilleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:17 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 36Chris McAllisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 25Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 0 | 28:08 |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 42 | 7 | .833 |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 2 | 21:47 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 20:41 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 17:02 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 25:10 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 20:01 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 23:07 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 20:09 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:41 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:07 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 22Sven ButenschonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | 9 | 4 | .556 |