Toronto Maple Leafs vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 1997 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-2 on Saturday, December 20, 1997 at America West Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Coyotes 28-27.
Wendel Clark scored twice. Gerald Diduck, Darby Hendrickson and Mike Gartner also scored.
Felix Potvin made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 25 of 28.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
 PHX | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 |
Scoring
1st period
Gerald Diduck (2)Cliff Ronning (15), Rick Tocchet (10)0–100:18 PHX
Wendel Clark (7)Alyn McCauley (6), Jason Smith (6)1–107:56 TOR
2nd period
Darby Hendrickson (5)Kris King (1), Tie Domi (1)2–110:16 TOR- Wendel Clark (8)Mathieu Schneider (14), Mike Johnson (17)3–116:21 TOR
3rd period
Mike Gartner (7)Keith Tkachuk (15), Cliff Ronning (16)3–216:23 PHX · PPG
Team stats
TORPHX
28Shots on goal27
55%Faceoff %45%
0/5Power play1/5
15Penalty minutes15
7Hits13
3Blocked shots4
3Giveaways4
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 14:13Michel Petit · fighting5 min
- 1st 14:13Kris King · fighting5 min
- 1st 18:09Rob Zettler · holding2 min
- 1st 19:56Keith Tkachuk · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:54Felix Potvin · delaying game2 min
- 2nd 12:51Steve Sullivan · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:15Rick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 16:58Derek King · holding2 min
- 2nd 18:25Michel Petit · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:13Rick Tocchet · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 16:07Jamie Macoun · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 19:20Cliff Ronning · hooking2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 12:12 |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 18Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:40 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:34 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 25Jason SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 25:27 |
| 7Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:52 |
| 22Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:02 |
| 2Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:34 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:30 |
| 38Yannick TremblayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 31Marcel CousineauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:36 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:38 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:58 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:12 |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 19:44 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 48Sean GagnonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 59:25 |