Vancouver Canucks vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Wednesday, December 17, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–1 on Wednesday, December 17, 1997 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Canucks 24–23.
Goals came from Trevor Linden, Gino Odjick, Mike Gartner, Dana Murzyn, Jyrki Lumme and Pavel Bure.
Arturs Irbe made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 18 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 VAN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
 PHX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Scoring
1st period
Trevor Linden (7)Dana Murzyn (2), Scott Walker (6)1–001:12 VAN
Gino Odjick (3)Pavel Bure (21), Mattias Ohlund (13)2–005:20 VAN
Mike Gartner (6)Jim McKenzie (3), Craig Janney (24)2–109:29 PHX
2nd period
Dana Murzyn (5)Martin Gelinas (4)3–109:56 VAN
Jyrki Lumme (4)Mark Messier (18), Pavel Bure (22)4–117:58 VAN
Pavel Bure (22)Mark Messier (19), Dave Babych (4)5–118:35 VAN ·
Team stats
VANPHX
2324
49%51%
1/40/3
1527
79
28
16
43
Penalties
- 3:03 into the first periodMike Stapleton · hooking2 min
- 4:04 into the second periodJyrki Lumme · holding obstruction2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodBret Hedican · interference2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodJohn Slaney · roughing2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodDana Murzyn · roughing2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodGerald Diduck · tripping2 min
- 17:38 into the second periodMattias Ohlund · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · roughing2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · game misconduct10 min
- 18:17 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · instigator2 min
- 18:17 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the second periodTrevor Linden · fighting5 min
- 18:17 into the second periodBret Hedican · roughing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 10Pavel BureR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 22:32 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:21 |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 2Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:17 |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:53 |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:55 |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 17Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:33 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:47 |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 4Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Arturs IrbeG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 18Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:31 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:29 |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:09 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |