Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, April 4, 1997 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 7–6 in overtime on Friday, April 4, 1997 at San Jose Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sharks 39–29.
Tony Granato scored a hat trick. Owen Nolan, Joe Sakic, Mike Ricci, Valeri Kamensky, Shean Donovan, Aaron Miller, Marcus Ragnarsson, Peter Forsberg, Sandis Ozolinsh and Stephen Guolla also scored.
Wade Flaherty made 33 saves on 39 shots for the win; Craig Billington stopped 22 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (31)Mike Rathje (6), Jeff Friesen (32)0–105:51 SJS
Joe Sakic (21)Adam Foote (16), Peter Forsberg (56)1–114:40 COL ·
2nd period
Tony Granato (21)Mike Rathje (7), Darren Turcotte (16)1–207:16 SJS
Mike Ricci (13)Adam Foote (17), Valeri Kamensky (36)2–210:54 COL
Valeri Kamensky (28)Sandis Ozolinsh (43), Joe Sakic (51)3–213:09 COL · 
Shean Donovan (8)Marty McSorley (12), Marcus Ragnarsson (13)3–316:59 SJS
Aaron Miller (5)Joe Sakic (52), Mike Ricci (18)4–317:23 COL- Tony Granato (22)Darren Turcotte (17)4–418:24 SJS
3rd period
Marcus Ragnarsson (3)Bob Errey (8)4–501:30 SJS
Peter Forsberg (27)Adam Foote (18)5–503:25 COL · - Tony Granato (23)Todd Gill (20), Darren Turcotte (18)5–608:12 SJS
Sandis Ozolinsh (22)Valeri Kamensky (37)6–616:32 COL ·
Overtime
Stephen Guolla (13)Jeff Friesen (33)6–700:35 SJS
Team stats
COLSJS
3929
0%0%
2/70/3
1018
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:44 into the first period
Ron Sutter · interference2 min - 13:39 into the first period
Adam Deadmarsh · cross checking2 min - 18:22 into the first periodMarcus Ragnarsson · holding2 min
- 4:33 into the second periodShean Donovan · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:13 into the second periodJoe Sakic · hooking2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodTony Granato · high sticking2 min
- 12:25 into the second periodTodd Ewen · interference2 min
- 12:56 into the second periodTodd Gill · roughing2 min
- 2:03 into the third periodKeith Jones · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodEric Messier · roughing2 min
- 7:47 into the third periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodMike Rathje · interference2 min
- 15:30 into the third periodTodd Gill · charging2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | L | 29 | 7 | .759 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 17Stephen GuollaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Bob ErreyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 7Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Chris TancillR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Vlastimil KroupaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Wade FlahertyG | W | 39 | 6 | .846 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |