San Jose Sharks vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 1997 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday, December 21, 1997 at Arrowhead Pond. The Sharks outshot the Ducks 30-25.
Teemu Selanne scored twice and John MacLean scored twice. Murray Craven and Marcus Ragnarsson also scored.
Mike Vernon made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Guy Hebert stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Murray Craven (8)Al Iafrate (2)1–001:44 SJS · SHG
Teemu Selanne (27)Paul Kariya (3), J.J. Daigneault (10)1–102:30 ANA
John MacLean (4)Bill Houlder (12), Jeff Friesen (8)2–110:48 SJS · PPG
2nd period
- John MacLean (5)Bill Houlder (13), Jeff Friesen (9)3–110:51 SJS
- Teemu Selanne (28)Paul Kariya (4), Steve Rucchin (13)3–211:02 ANA
Marcus Ragnarsson (1)Jeff Friesen (10), Mike Ricci (9)4–215:12 SJS · PPG
Team stats
SJSANA
30Shots on goal25
45%Faceoff %55%
2/7Power play0/6
26Penalty minutes16
21Hits27
7Blocked shots3
1Giveaways5
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:30
John MacLean · hooking2 min - 1st 03:09
Pavel Trnka · holding2 min - 1st 05:27Andrei Zyuzin · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:07Paul Kariya · interference obstruction2 min
- 1st 10:57Dave Lowry · hooking2 min
- 1st 13:30Mark Janssens · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 1st 16:21Andrei Nazarov · roughing2 min
- 2nd 00:32Warren Rychel · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 00:32Warren Rychel · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2nd 02:18Owen Nolan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 14:33Pavel Trnka · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:06Dave Karpa · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:06Jeff Friesen · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 19:33Al Iafrate · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:33Mike Vernon · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 10:41Mike Rathje · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 19:37J.J. Daigneault · hooking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 19:56 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:04 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:20 |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:25 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:33 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:39 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:38 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:25 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 60:00 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Anaheim Ducks
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 24:40 |
| 9Paul KariyaL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 27:00 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:37 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:53 |
| 10Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:02 |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:33 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:54 |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 18Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 40Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:50 |
| 45Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 2Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 15Dmitri MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 28:46 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Guy HebertG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 58:38 |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |