Phoenix Coyotes vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Friday, December 19, 1997 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Anaheim Ducks 6–2 on Friday, December 19, 1997 at Arrowhead Pond.
Keith Tkachuk scored twice. Michel Petit, John Slaney, Cliff Ronning, Rick Tocchet, Paul Kariya and Joe Sacco also scored.
Jimmy Waite made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Mikhail Shtalenkov stopped 7 of 10.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 32 |
 ANA | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
Scoring
1st period
Michel Petit (1)Deron Quint (4), Jeremy Roenick (14)1–002:32 PHX · 
Keith Tkachuk (18)Jeremy Roenick (15), Cliff Ronning (14)2–010:21 PHX · 
John Slaney (2)Rick Tocchet (8), Deron Quint (5)3–012:18 PHX ·
2nd period
- Keith Tkachuk (19)Mike Gartner (6), Sean Gagnon (1)4–001:27 PHX
Cliff Ronning (4)Jeremy Roenick (16), Rick Tocchet (9)5–003:27 PHX
Rick Tocchet (13)Mike Gartner (7), Jeremy Roenick (17)6–009:30 PHX ·
3rd period
Paul Kariya (4)Teemu Selanne (12), Kevin Todd (4)6–100:44 ANA · 
Joe Sacco (4)Matt Cullen (8), Jeremy Stevenson (1)6–202:29 ANA
Team stats
PHXANA
3232
42%58%
4/41/8
4133
2119
114
08
514
Penalties
- 0:41 into the first periodJoe Sacco · elbowing2 min
- 0:41 into the first periodCliff Ronning · roughing2 min
- 1:09 into the first periodJason Marshall · slashing2 min
- 3:12 into the first periodDave Karpa · fighting5 min
- 3:12 into the first periodRick Tocchet · elbowing2 min
- 3:12 into the first periodRick Tocchet · fighting5 min
- 4:48 into the first periodBob Corkum · roughing2 min
- 7:18 into the first periodJeremy Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 7:18 into the first periodJim McKenzie · fighting5 min
- 9:14 into the first periodJoe Sacco · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:45 into the first periodJason Marshall · high sticking2 min
- 15:03 into the first periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the first periodRick Tocchet · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:03 into the second periodJason Marshall · fighting5 min
- 3:03 into the second periodBrad Isbister · fighting5 min
- 5:55 into the second periodDave Karpa · slashing2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodKeith Tkachuk · slashing2 min
- 7:39 into the second periodJoe Sacco · cross checking2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodDave Karpa · roughing2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodJuha Ylonen · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:50 into the second periodBrad Isbister · roughing2 min
- 18:54 into the second periodJocelyn Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 19:45 into the second periodJuha Ylonen · holding the stick2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodTed Drury · roughing2 min
- 9:50 into the third periodJocelyn Lemieux · roughing2 min
- 9:54 into the third periodGerald Diduck · slashing2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodDave Karpa · high sticking2 min
- 14:58 into the third periodJocelyn Lemieux · high sticking2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 4 | 4 | +1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 10:30 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:39 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 13:47 |
| 5Deron QuintD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 48Sean GagnonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:23 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:19 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:32 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | 0 | 0 | – |
Anaheim Ducks
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 24:23 |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 9 | 25:27 |
| 12Kevin ToddC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 40Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 45Matt CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 09:36 |
| 10Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:27 |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 18Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:37 |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:23 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Guy HebertG | 22 | 3 | .864 | |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | L | 10 | 3 | .700 |