Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1998 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–2 on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 30–25.
Goals came from Owen Nolan, Jeff Friesen, Andrei Zyuzin, Marco Sturm, Tony Granato, Rene Corbet and Shean Donovan.
Mike Vernon made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 14 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Owen Nolan (7)Mike Ricci (12)0–100:41 SJS
Jeff Friesen (20)Owen Nolan (22)0–210:11 SJS ·
2nd period
Andrei Zyuzin (3)Stephane Matteau (10), John MacLean (14)0–310:40 SJS
Marco Sturm (9)John MacLean (15), Marcus Ragnarsson (13)0–417:22 SJS · 
Tony Granato (8)Jeff Friesen (17)0–519:26 SJS · 
Rene Corbet (14)Stephane Yelle (10)1–519:41 COL
3rd period
Shean Donovan (5)Stephane Yelle (11), Eric Messier (10)2–509:31 COL
Team stats
COLSJS
2530
52%48%
0/42/5
1513
103
15
45
34
Penalties
- 8:44 into the first period
Murray Craven · tripping2 min - 16:48 into the first period
Rene Corbet · fighting5 min - 16:48 into the first periodDave Lowry · fighting5 min
- 19:30 into the first periodBill Houlder · interference2 min
- 13:04 into the second periodJeff Friesen · tripping2 min
- 15:58 into the second periodUwe Krupp · slashing2 min
- 19:01 into the second periodJeff Odgers · roughing2 min
- 7:23 into the third periodBill Houlder · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:47 into the third periodJeff Odgers · roughing2 min
- 15:01 into the third periodAdam Foote · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodShean Donovan · slashing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 13:17 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:50 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:55 |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:35 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:33 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:32 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:26 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 11 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 19 | 5 | .737 |
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:49 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:08 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:04 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:32 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:06 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:38 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:19 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:40 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |