Edmonton Oilers vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Saturday, January 24, 1998 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–2 on Saturday, January 24, 1998 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Oilers 29–23.
Bill Guerin scored twice. Jeremy Roenick, Doug Weight, Valeri Zelepukin, Mike Grier and Jocelyn Lemieux also scored.
Bob Essensa made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 18 of 23.
| Goals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 EDM | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 23 |
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
Scoring
1st period
Jeremy Roenick (14)Dallas Drake (23), John Slaney (13)0–101:47 PHX
2nd period
Doug Weight (18)Todd Marchant (15), Boris Mironov (15)1–101:01 EDM
Valeri Zelepukin (4)Tony Hrkac (5), Mike Grier (6)2–107:10 EDM
Bill Guerin (9)Doug Weight (28)3–107:28 EDM
Mike Grier (8)Valeri Zelepukin (12), Boris Mironov (16)4–115:06 EDM · 
Jocelyn Lemieux (2)Mike Stapleton (2), Teppo Numminen (23)4–217:35 PHX ·
3rd period
- Bill Guerin (10)Tony Hrkac (6), Dean McAmmond (16)5–214:29 EDM
Team stats
EDMPHX
2329
49%51%
1/31/5
1219
1012
88
05
35
Penalties
- 3:26 into the first periodBoris Mironov · tripping2 min
- 3:26 into the first periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 3:26 into the first periodGerald Diduck · game misconduct10 min
- 8:53 into the second periodBill Huard · tripping2 min
- 13:41 into the second periodNikolai Khabibulin · interference2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodValeri Zelepukin · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:28 into the second periodTodd Marchant · interference2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodNikolai Khabibulin · slashing2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodGreg De Vries · slashing2 min
- 14:45 into the third periodGreg De Vries · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Bill GuerinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 21:04 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 11:33 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 10:58 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:14 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:23 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:07 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 25:28 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| 14Mike StapletonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 32Jocelyn LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 24:12 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 21:32 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 16:24 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 22Mike GartnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 02:58 |
| 34Darrin ShannonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:15 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:23 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:26 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:01 |
| 24Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:54 |
| 44Norm MacIverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 24:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott LangkowG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 23 | 5 | .783 |