Edmonton Oilers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, January 23, 1998 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3–2 on Friday, January 23, 1998 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Oilers 28–21.
Goals came from Dean McAmmond, Bill Guerin, Patrick Marleau, Stephane Matteau and Murray Craven.
Mike Vernon made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Dean McAmmond (7)Boris Mironov (14), Roman Hamrlik (17)1–002:31 EDM · 
Bill Guerin (8)Dean McAmmond (15)2–010:44 EDM
2nd period
Patrick Marleau (9)Andrei Zyuzin (2), Bill Houlder (15)2–103:48 SJS
3rd period
Stephane Matteau (6)Andrei Zyuzin (3), Patrick Marleau (9)2–208:19 SJS
Murray Craven (9)Mike Ricci (11), Marcus Ragnarsson (12)2–312:44 SJS
Team stats
EDMSJS
2128
59%41%
1/40/5
108
1112
12
211
64
Penalties
- 2:05 into the first period
Jeff Friesen · hooking obstruction2 min - 5:44 into the first period
Dan Mcgillis · interference2 min - 12:38 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · elbowing2 min
- 18:37 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · holding obstruction2 min
- 0:24 into the second periodOwen Nolan · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodBill Guerin · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:54 into the second periodBoris Mironov · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:34 into the second periodDoug Weight · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 5:42 into the third periodMarty McSorley · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:39 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:28 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:06 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:01 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:41 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:07 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:13 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
San Jose Sharks
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 19:31 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:34 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:38 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:03 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:22 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:56 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:12 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:23 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |