Pittsburgh Penguins vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 1997 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Los Angeles Kings 2–1 on Tuesday, December 9, 1997 at Great Western Forum. The Penguins outshot the Kings 26–24.
Goals came from Stu Barnes, Rob Brown and Vladimir Tsyplakov.
Tom Barrasso made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Stu Barnes (8)Rob Brown (13), Jaromir Jagr (18)1–018:32 PIT ·
2nd period
Rob Brown (4)Jaromir Jagr (19), Ron Francis (25)2–006:03 PIT · 
Vladimir Tsyplakov (8)Philippe Boucher (5), Craig Johnson (11)2–107:20 LAK
Team stats
PITLAK
2624
51%49%
2/80/2
416
921
710
1714
911
Penalties
- 5:08 into the first period
Russ Courtnall · holding obstruction2 min - 7:37 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:29 into the first periodPhilippe Boucher · boarding2 min
- 18:16 into the first periodIan Laperriere · holding2 min
- 5:16 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · hooking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodVladimir Tsyplakov · holding2 min
- 4:11 into the third period
Stu Barnes · hooking2 min - 7:29 into the third periodRob Brown · kneeing2 min
- 10:08 into the third periodGlen Murray · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 15:36 into the third periodRob Blake · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 44Rob BrownR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23:39 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 25:11 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:16 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:15 |
| 8Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:24 |
| 15Robert DomeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:33 |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:31 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 17:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tom BarrassoG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:42 |
| 10Donald MacLeanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 12Roman VopatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:55 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:15 |
| 19Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:12 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:00 |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:36 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:02 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Frederic ChabotG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |