San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1997 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Saturday, March 22, 1997 at Great Western Forum. The Sharks outshot the Kings 35-25.
Goals came from Vitali Yachmenev, Nathan LaFayette and Jeff Friesen.
Byron Dafoe made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Ed Belfour stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Vitali Yachmenev (8)Vladimir Tsyplakov (20), Sean O'Donnell (11)0–119:49 LAK · PPG
2nd period
Nathan LaFayette (1)Jeff Shevalier (6), Mattias Norstrom (19)0–208:38 LAK · SHG
3rd period
Jeff Friesen (26)Viktor Kozlov (25)1–210:26 SJS
Team stats
SJSLAK
35Shots on goal25
0%Faceoff %0%
0/6Power play1/4
23Penalty minutes14
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:21
Marcus Ragnarsson · interference obstruction2 min - 1st 10:23
Kevin Stevens · hooking2 min - 1st 17:44Ed Belfour · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:44Ed Belfour · roughing2 min
- 2nd 03:49Rob Blake · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 06:56Craig Johnson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 10:56Nathan LaFayette · interference obstruction2 min
- 2nd 19:56Dody Wood · fighting5 min
- 2nd 19:56Dody Wood · game misconduct10 min
- 3rd 03:43Rob Blake · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 07:11Nathan LaFayette · high sticking double minor4 min
- 3rd 07:11Andrei Nazarov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 7Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | L | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 58:59 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 19Jeff ShevalierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Roman VopatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Jan VopatD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jean Claude BergeronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 35 | 34 | 1 | .971 | 60:00 |