Edmonton Oilers vs Anaheim Ducks
Regular season · Wednesday, April 8, 1998 · Arrowhead Pond
Game summary
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at Arrowhead Pond. The Oilers outshot the Ducks 32–24.
Goals came from Ryan Smyth, Scott Fraser, Tomas Sandstrom, Josef Marha, Steve Rucchin and Teemu Selanne.
Mikhail Shtalenkov made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Smyth (19)Bill Guerin (19), Roman Hamrlik (31)1–002:18 EDM · 
Scott Fraser (9)Dean McAmmond (27), Janne Niinimaa (33)2–005:24 EDM · 
Tomas Sandstrom (9)Dave Karpa (10), Jeremy Stevenson (5)2–110:18 ANA
2nd period
Josef Marha (6)Unassisted2–214:21 ANA
3rd period
Steve Rucchin (17)Josef Marha (9), Drew Bannister (7)2–311:01 ANA
Teemu Selanne (52)Steve Rucchin (35)2–419:53 ANA · ·
Team stats
EDMANA
3224
47%53%
2/80/4
816
2828
511
88
215
Penalties
- 2:08 into the first period
Drew Bannister · cross checking2 min - 3:43 into the first periodJason Marshall · tripping2 min
- 6:46 into the first period
Bill Huard · roughing2 min - 14:38 into the first periodRoman Hamrlik · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:12 into the second periodJason Marshall · hooking2 min
- 10:29 into the second periodBrent Severyn · slashing2 min
- 12:20 into the second periodRyan Smyth · tripping2 min
- 16:50 into the second periodBrent Severyn · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:12 into the third periodDave Karpa · elbowing2 min
- 12:30 into the third periodPavel Trnka · tripping2 min
- 14:12 into the third periodRoman Hamrlik · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:58 into the third periodTravis Green · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 15:53 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 18:36 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 26:14 |
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:07 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10:48 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:45 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:13 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 24:11 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 26:21 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:37 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Anaheim Ducks
| 10Josef MarhaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 20Steve RucchinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 20:01 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 40Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 5Drew BannisterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:48 |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 22Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:16 |
| 29Frank BanhamR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 45Matt CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:59 |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:46 |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |
| 67Tom AskeyG | 0 | 0 | – |