San Jose Sharks vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, December 14, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 2–1 on Sunday, December 14, 1997 at United Center. The Sharks outshot the Blackhawks 19–18.
Goals came from Owen Nolan, Jeff Friesen and Eric Daze.
Mike Vernon made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (4)Bernie Nicholls (8), Bill Houlder (11)1–005:28 SJS
Jeff Friesen (14)Mike Ricci (8), John MacLean (9)2–017:11 SJS
2nd period
Eric Daze (11)Tony Amonte (17), Chris Chelios (14)2–119:56 CHI ·
Team stats
SJSCHI
1918
35%65%
0/31/6
3923
88
21
37
12
Penalties
- 3:14 into the first period
Al Iafrate · high sticking2 min - 6:00 into the first period
Brent Sutter · holding stick obstruction2 min - 6:00 into the first periodJean-Yves Leroux · fighting5 min
- 6:00 into the first periodStephane Matteau · fighting5 min
- 8:31 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:31 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · misconduct10 min
- 12:11 into the first periodMarcus Ragnarsson · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodJim Cummins · instigator2 min
- 17:39 into the first periodJim Cummins · fighting5 min
- 17:39 into the first periodDave Lowry · fighting5 min
- 1:30 into the second periodBrian Felsner · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:30 into the second periodOwen Nolan · elbowing2 min
- 4:14 into the second periodPatrick Marleau · high sticking2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodKeith Carney · interference2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodJean-Yves Leroux · fighting5 min
- 13:07 into the second periodStephane Matteau · fighting5 min
- 18:01 into the second periodAndrei Zyuzin · roughing2 min
- 17:18 into the third periodAlexander Korolyuk · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 03:00 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 05:55 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 07:37 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:29 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 06:10 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 06:24 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:25 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 08:12 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:23 |
| 27Alexander KorolyukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:41 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:54 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:09 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:04 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:11 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:25 |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 09:06 |
| 55Eric DazeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 07:44 |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12:42 |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 04:24 |
| 12Brent SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:40 |
| 14Steve DubinskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:10 |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:29 |
| 17Petri VarisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:44 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 06:17 |
| 23Jean-Yves LerouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:53 |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 04:38 |
| 36Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:43 |
| 44Brian FelsnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:52 |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:05 |
| 3Christian LaflammeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 04:24 |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:33 |
| 5Trent YawneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:54 |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 04:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 45Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – |