Phoenix Coyotes vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Wednesday, January 23, 2002 · United Center
Game summary
The Phoenix Coyotes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Wednesday, January 23, 2002 at United Center.
Michal Handzus scored twice. Eric Daze, Teppo Numminen and Landon Wilson also scored.
Robert Esche made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Jocelyn Thibault stopped 20 of 23.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 PHX | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 24 |
 CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
Scoring
1st period
Michal Handzus (11)Teppo Numminen (17), Ladislav Nagy (9)1–000:23 PHX
Eric Daze (27)Michael Nylander (29), Steve Sullivan (28)1–117:34 CHI
2nd period
Teppo Numminen (5)Landon Wilson (7)2–101:23 PHX
3rd period
Landon Wilson (2)Michal Handzus (18), Ladislav Nagy (10)3–119:29 PHX- Michal Handzus (12)Ladislav Nagy (11)4–119:57 PHX · EN
Team stats
PHXCHI
24Shots on goal24
50%Faceoff %50%
0/6Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes12
21Hits25
9Blocked shots11
4Giveaways11
1Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 04:48Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 10:50Mark Bell · roughing2 min
- 2nd 02:12Steve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 02:12Steve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:37Shane Doan · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 07:48Michael Nylander · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:25Joe Reekie · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:16Eric Daze · tripping2 min
Season series
Phoenix Coyotes
| 16Michal HandzusC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 19:25 |
| 17Ladislav NagyL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 28Landon WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +4 | 5 | 15:17 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 22:54 |
| 8Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 11Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:55 |
| 18Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:45 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:32 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:32 |
| 31Jean-Guy TrudelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 49Jason JaspersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:56 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 2Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 4Ossi VaananenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:59 |
| 5Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 15Radoslav SuchyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:00 |
| 23Paul MaraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:01 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Patrick DesrochersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 42Robert EscheG | W | 24 | 23 | 1 | .958 | 59:51 |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 26Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 16:44 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:58 |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 11Peter WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:44 |
| 13Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 14Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:36 |
| 17Mike PelusoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 19Kyle CalderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 22Igor KorolevC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:01 |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:22 |
| 28Mark BellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 20:28 |
| 23Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 |
| 42Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Steve PassmoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:44 |