Phoenix Coyotes vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 4–0 on Friday, December 26, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Sharks 34–30.
Keith Tkachuk scored a hat trick. Deron Quint also scored.
Nikolai Khabibulin made 30 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 18 of 20.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 34 |
 SJS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
Scoring
2nd period
Keith Tkachuk (20)Mike Gartner (8), Cliff Ronning (17)1–002:00 PHX · 
Deron Quint (2)Craig Janney (26), Keith Tkachuk (17)2–011:57 PHX
3rd period
- Keith Tkachuk (21)Juha Ylonen (6)3–004:16 PHX
- Keith Tkachuk (22)John Slaney (11)4–007:21 PHX
Team stats
PHXSJS
3430
54%46%
1/20/2
1010
47
53
19
117
Penalties
- 0:06 into the first periodRick Tocchet · high sticking2 min
- 0:06 into the first periodJeff Friesen · high sticking2 min
- 0:41 into the first periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 0:41 into the first periodJohn MacLean · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:53 into the first periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
- 1:21 into the second periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 9:39 into the second periodJayson More · interference2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodStephane Matteau · hooking2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodJeremy Roenick · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodBill Houlder · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 7Keith TkachukL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 16:41 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:34 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 5Deron QuintD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 22:39 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:08 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:56 |
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:58 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:46 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:33 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 22:42 |
| 6Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Jimmy WaiteG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | W | 30 | 0 | 1.000 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 16:45 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:16 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:41 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:41 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:16 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 5Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 21:25 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 14 | 2 | .857 | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 20 | 2 | .900 |