St. Louis Blues vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 1998 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Thursday, February 26, 1998 at San Jose Arena. The Blues outshot the Sharks 27–21.
Goals came from Jeff Friesen, Geoff Courtnall, Mike Ricci and Stephane Matteau.
Mike Vernon made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Friesen (21)John MacLean (18)0–101:07 SJS · 
Geoff Courtnall (23)Pavol Demitra (20), Chris Pronger (19)1–105:30 STL
2nd period
Mike Ricci (7)Mike Rathje (9)1–204:48 SJS
Stephane Matteau (10)Andrei Zyuzin (5), John MacLean (19)1–305:45 SJS
Team stats
STLSJS
2721
66%34%
0/91/5
1018
97
23
110
32
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
Marc Bergevin · interference obstruction2 min - 2:30 into the first period
Tony Granato · hooking2 min - 3:29 into the first periodMike Rathje · tripping2 min
- 10:12 into the first periodTony Twist · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodMike Ricci · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodTony Granato · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:50 into the second periodChris Pronger · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:28 into the second periodMarco Sturm · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:31 into the second periodAndrei Zyuzin · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodJamie Rivers · holding obstruction2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
- 8:39 into the third periodJohn MacLean · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodAl MacInnis · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:48 into the third periodBill Houlder · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:40 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:40 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:43 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27:21 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:39 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:50 |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:29 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:49 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 30:21 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:53 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:39 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 29:38 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
San Jose Sharks
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:53 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:04 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:23 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:46 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:50 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 |
| 22Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 18:36 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:28 |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |