The Edmonton Oilers defeated the San Jose Sharks, 5 to 3, on December 28, 1996.

Final

Sharks

13-19-4

3

Oilers

16-19-4

5

Team

SJS

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

EDM

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Andrei Kovalenko

Ulf Dahlen (EV) assisted by Ray Whitney

2nd period

SJS

EDM

Jeff Friesen (EV) assisted by Tony Granato and Andrei Nazarov

Owen Nolan (PP) assisted by Al Iafrate and Greg Hawgood

Ryan Smyth (EV) assisted by Kelly Buchberger and Mats Lindgren

Doug Weight (EV) assisted by Dan McGillis

3rd period

SJS

EDM

Kelly Buchberger (EV) assisted by Ryan Smyth and Mats Lindgren

Doug Weight (EV-EN) unassisted

Sharks

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sharks

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Chris Terreri (L) C. Terreri	0	1	0	16	13	.813	3	6.06	0	30
Kelly Hrudey K. Hrudey				14	13	.929	1	1.99	0	30

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Doug Bodger D. Bodger	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Ulf Dahlen U. Dahlen	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Jeff Friesen J. Friesen	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Todd Gill T. Gill	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Tony Granato T. Granato	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Greg Hawgood G. Hawgood	0	1	1	-1	15	0	1	2	0.0
Al Iafrate A. Iafrate	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0
Andrei Nazarov A. Nazarov	0	1	1	-2	15	0	0	3	0.0
Bernie Nicholls B. Nicholls	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Owen Nolan O. Nolan	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0
Marcus Ragnarsson M. Ragnarsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	0	0	-2	10	0	0	2	0.0
Michal Sykora M. Sykora	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0
Darren Turcotte D. Turcotte	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Whitney R. Whitney	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Essensa (W) B. Essensa	1	0	0	20	17	.850	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	50.0
Mariusz Czerkawski M. Czerkawski	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	1	1	+2	10	0	2	0.0
Mats Lindgren M. Lindgren	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Dean McAmmond D. McAmmond	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0.0
Dan McGillis D. McGillis	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0.0
Jeff Norton J. Norton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michel Petit M. Petit	0	0	0	+2	2	0	1	0.0
Luke Richardson L. Richardson	0	0	0	+1	15	0	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	0	1	+2	0	0	3	33.3
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	1	1	2	+2	2	0	6	16.7
Doug Weight D. Weight	2	0	2	+2	10	0	4	50.0