Box Score: Thunder 7, Wolves 6 (SO)

Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1997 | 9:38 a.m.

First Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Quinney 2 (Lefebvre), 2:27. 2, Las Vegas, Bancroft 1 (Day, Slaney), pp, 5:17. 3, Las Vegas, Roenick 1 (Lefebvre, Klimovich), pp, 6:25. 4, Chicago, Nardella 1 (Maltais, Martins), 10:57. 5, Chicago, Martins 1 (Martin), pp, 15:56. 6, Chicago, Baker 1 (Semak), 19:04.

Penalties: Martin, Chicago (roughing), 3:26. Bes, Chicago (delay of game), 6:05. Pattison, Las Vegas (roughing), 14:38. Semak, Chicago (roughing), 16:58.

Second Period -- 7, Chicago, Martins 2 (Tilley, Barrault), 13:26. 8, Chicago, Dahl 1 (Maltais, Baker), 15:03. 9, Las Vegas, Day 1, shg, 17:24.

Penalties: Potvin, Chicago (interference), 1:41. Barrault, Chicago (holding the stick), 4:08. Shermerhorn, Las Vegas (holding the stick), 6:54. Kurtz, Las Vegas (holding), 13:46. Bes, Chicago (hooking), 14:11. Suchy, Las Vegas (hooking), 16:35.

Third Period -- 10, Chicago, Semak 2 (Breslin) 8:27. 11, Las Vegas, Quinney 3 (Lefebvre, Klimovich), 9:04. 12, Las Vegas, Kurtz 2 (Bashkirov, Suchy), 18:38.

Penalties: Maltais, Chicago (hooking), 2:47. Potvin, Chicago (slashing), 5:04. Bancroft, Las Vegas (interference), 5:57.

Shoot Out -- Chicago 3 of 6 (Gusmanov scores, Baker misses, Maltais scores, Barrault scores, Semak misses, Bes misses); Las Vegas 4 of 6 (Lefebvre scores, Klimovich scores, Bashkirov misses, Slaney scores, Suchy misses, Quinney scores).

Shots on goal -- Chicago 15-12-6-33; Las Vegas 9-12-6--27.

Power plays -- Chicago 1 of 5; Las Vegas 2 of 8.

Goalies -- Chicago, Young 3-0-1 (27 shots, 21 saves); Las Vegas Simchuk 2-0-1 (33, 27)

Attendance -- 5,081.

Referee -- Tom Kowal. Linesmen -- Jon Constantine, Darren Gibbs.