San Jose Sharks vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 1998 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–2 on Thursday, March 26, 1998 at Great Western Forum. The Kings outshot the Sharks 32–21.
Jeff Friesen scored twice. Tony Granato, Dave Lowry, John MacLean, Craig Johnson and Jozef Stumpel also scored.
Mike Vernon made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Jeff Friesen (25)Mike Ricci (16), Al Iafrate (3)1–006:10 SJS · 
Tony Granato (14)Bill Houlder (19), Bernie Nicholls (18)2–009:04 SJS · 
Dave Lowry (3)Ron Sutter (6), Marcus Ragnarsson (15)3–014:33 SJS
John MacLean (11)Shawn Burr (3)4–018:07 SJS
2nd period
Craig Johnson (16)Garry Galley (25), Jozef Stumpel (52)4–102:15 LAK ·
3rd period
Jozef Stumpel (20)Vladimir Tsyplakov (29), Garry Galley (26)4–202:14 LAK- Jeff Friesen (26)Tony Granato (8)5–219:34 SJS ·
Team stats
SJSLAK
2132
47%53%
2/51/5
1010
1926
115
1120
1614
Penalties
- 2:11 into the first period
Tony Granato · interference2 min - 5:28 into the first period
Dan Bylsma · hooking2 min - 7:39 into the first periodSean O'Donnell · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:11 into the first periodBryan Marchment · high sticking2 min
- 0:18 into the second periodBryan Marchment · roughing2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodMike Ricci · boarding2 min
- 10:38 into the second periodIan Laperriere · high sticking2 min
- 18:27 into the second periodYanic Perreault · holding the stick2 min
- 4:30 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 5:35 into the third periodCraig Johnson · holding2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:39 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 15:26 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:57 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:25 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 28Shawn BurrL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:48 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 22:44 |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:21 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:03 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 20Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:18 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Los Angeles Kings
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 7Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:09 |
| 19Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 15:36 |
| 45Sandy MogerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 52Jason MorganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 26:54 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:04 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |