Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Tuesday, March 24, 1998 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Tuesday, March 24, 1998 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Kings 31–22.
Goals came from Jeff Friesen, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Rob Blake, Yanic Perreault, Al Iafrate, Owen Nolan and Craig Johnson.
Jamie Storr made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Friesen (24)John MacLean (25)0–117:44 SJS ·
2nd period
Vladimir Tsyplakov (17)Aki Berg (8), Sean O'Donnell (14)1–117:11 LAK
3rd period
Rob Blake (21)Jozef Stumpel (51), Glen Murray (27)2–101:09 LAK · 
Yanic Perreault (25)Rob Blake (24)3–102:57 LAK · 
Al Iafrate (2)Owen Nolan (26), Marcus Ragnarsson (14)3–204:39 SJS · 
Owen Nolan (13)Patrick Marleau (15), Mike Rathje (11)3–309:16 SJS
Craig Johnson (15)Vitali Yachmenev (1), Yanic Perreault (17)4–311:23 LAK
Team stats
LAKSJS
2231
51%49%
1/41/6
1220
1111
22
38
66
Penalties
- 11:32 into the first period
Marty McSorley · tripping2 min - 16:54 into the first periodStephane Matteau · hooking2 min
- 2:06 into the second period
Jozef Stumpel · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 7:05 into the second periodAki Berg · interference2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodTony Granato · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodVitali Yachmenev · high sticking2 min
- 19:24 into the second periodVitali Yachmenev · high sticking2 min
- 19:37 into the second periodAl Iafrate · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 0:04 into the third periodMike Rathje · high sticking2 min
- 4:24 into the third periodCraig Johnson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:08 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 18:21 into the third periodTony Granato · misconduct10 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 25:54 |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:01 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 7Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 19Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:12 |
| 52Jason MorganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:04 |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:59 |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:10 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:29 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 27:13 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 43Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:12 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:32 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:23 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:52 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26:52 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |