Toronto Maple Leafs vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the San Jose Sharks 2–1 on Wednesday, March 26, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Maple Leafs 41–27.
Goals came from Brandon Convery, Mats Sundin and Darren Turcotte.
Felix Potvin made 40 saves on 41 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brandon Convery (2)Denis Smith (1), Jason Podollan (2)1–016:17 TOR
2nd period
Mats Sundin (39)Brandon Convery (7), Felix Potvin (2)2–002:33 TOR · 
Darren Turcotte (14)Jeff Friesen (29), Mike Rathje (5)2–119:00 SJS ·
Team stats
TORSJS
2741
0%0%
0/21/6
4456
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:28 into the first period
Dody Wood · fighting5 min - 3:28 into the first period
Tie Domi · fighting5 min - 8:27 into the first periodBob Errey · holding2 min
- 10:01 into the first periodJason Podollan · holding2 min
- 12:53 into the first periodDody Wood · fighting5 min
- 12:53 into the first periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 1:10 into the second periodTodd Warriner · interference2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodTim Hunter · misconduct10 min
- 5:04 into the second periodDody Wood · fighting5 min
- 5:04 into the second periodDody Wood · game misconduct10 min
- 5:04 into the second periodKelly Chase · roughing2 min
- 5:04 into the second periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 5:04 into the second periodKelly Chase · misconduct10 min
- 7:27 into the second periodMarcus Ragnarsson · holding2 min
- 10:10 into the second periodWendel Clark · slashing2 min
- 13:59 into the second periodMatt Martin · interference2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodTodd Ewen · roughing2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodJason Smith · roughing2 min
- 18:14 into the second periodRob Zettler · holding obstruction2 min
- 2:11 into the third periodTony Granato · fighting5 min
- 2:11 into the third periodTony Granato · misconduct10 min
- 2:11 into the third periodSteve Sullivan · fighting5 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 12Brandon ConveryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Jason PodollanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Mats SundinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Denis SmithD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Todd WarrinerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Matt MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | W | 41 | 1 | .976 |
| 31Marcel CousineauG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Ed BelfourG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |