Edmonton Oilers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2002 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, December 21, 2002 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Oilers 32–30.
Artem Chubarov scored twice. Daniel Sedin, Todd Marchant, Ryan Smyth, Jason Smith and Markus Naslund also scored.
Peter Skudra made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Artem Chubarov (3)Matt Cooke (9), Marek Malik (4)0–105:52 VAN
Daniel Sedin (7)Trent Klatt (8)0–218:56 VAN
2nd period
Todd Marchant (5)Ryan Smyth (15), Anson Carter (18)1–205:02 EDM · - Artem Chubarov (4)Trevor Letowski (7), Matt Cooke (10)1–313:40 VAN
3rd period
Ryan Smyth (13)Mike Comrie (15), Anson Carter (19)2–315:42 EDM · 
Jason Smith (4)Daniel Cleary (7), Shawn Horcoff (7)3–318:11 EDM
Overtime
Markus Naslund (22)Todd Bertuzzi (21), Brendan Morrison (20)3–402:20 VAN ·
Team stats
EDMVAN
3032
50%50%
2/61/5
1921
44
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:15 into the first period
Todd Warriner · holding stick obstruction2 min - 3:32 into the first period
Ales Pisa · interference2 min - 7:33 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · hooking2 min
- 9:47 into the first periodSteve Staios · fighting5 min
- 9:47 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · fighting5 min
- 12:51 into the first periodTodd Marchant · tripping2 min
- 15:24 into the first periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodDarren Langdon · holding2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodShawn Horcoff · holding2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodJason Smith · roughing2 min
- 13:40 into the second periodBryan Allen · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min
- 8:56 into the third periodEric Brewer · tripping2 min
- 14:09 into the third periodMurray Baron · hooking2 min
- 0:29 into overtimeJanne Niinimaa · throwing equipment2 min
- 1:22 into overtimeSteve Staios · charging2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 22Anson CarterR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 5 | 21:12 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 7 | 21:28 |
| 7Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:01 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:00 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:08 |
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:49 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 28Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:42 |
| 37Brian SwansonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:22 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:57 |
| 8Ales PisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:28 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:58 |
| 32Scott FergusonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 30:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jussi MarkkanenG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 13Artem ChubarovC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 24Matt CookeL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 10:46 |
| 7Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:45 |
| 10Trevor LetowskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:17 |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 21:35 |
| 22Daniel SedinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:36 |
| 26Trent KlattR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:08 |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 8Marek MalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 15Todd WarrinerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 20Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 25Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 3Brent SopelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 23:03 |
| 5Bryan AllenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 27:19 |
| 23Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Tyler MossG | 0 | 0 | – |