Anaheim Ducks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 15, 1998 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Anaheim Ducks 5–3 on Wednesday, April 15, 1998 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Ducks 40–28.
Goals came from Matt Cullen, Josef Marha, Tony Hrkac, Rem Murray, Scott Fraser, Bill Guerin, Frank Banham and Bobby Dollas.
Curtis Joseph made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mikhail Shtalenkov stopped 35 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Matt Cullen (6)Mike Crowley (1), Travis Green (20)1–017:29 ANA
2nd period
Josef Marha (8)Scott Young (20), Jason Marshall (6)2–011:11 ANA · 
Tony Hrkac (13)Scott Fraser (10), Boris Mironov (30)2–113:20 EDM · 
Rem Murray (9)Janne Niinimaa (37), Tony Hrkac (14)2–216:44 EDM
3rd period
Scott Fraser (12)Todd Marchant (20), Dean McAmmond (30)2–301:06 EDM · 
Bill Guerin (18)Janne Niinimaa (38), Ryan Smyth (13)2–402:12 EDM · 
Frank Banham (8)Mike Crowley (2), Ruslan Salei (9)3–408:36 ANA
Bobby Dollas (2)Janne Niinimaa (39)3–519:15 EDM ·
Team stats
ANAEDM
2840
57%43%
1/53/9
3012
2731
1412
37
46
Penalties
- 8:40 into the first period
Dave Karpa · interference2 min - 12:24 into the first periodDrew Bannister · interference2 min
- 15:25 into the first period
Boris Mironov · tripping obstruction2 min - 18:14 into the first periodPavel Trnka · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodTed Drury · high sticking2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodTed Drury · high sticking2 min
- 8:05 into the second periodRyan Smyth · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:55 into the second periodKelly Buchberger · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodJamie Pushor · high sticking2 min
- 12:33 into the second periodPavel Trnka · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:40 into the second periodDave Karpa · slashing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Karpa · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodDave Karpa · misconduct10 min
- 3:19 into the third periodDrake Berehowsky · interference2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDrew Bannister · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodDean McAmmond · slashing2 min
Season series
Anaheim Ducks
| 38Mike CrowleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 10Josef MarhaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:37 |
| 29Frank BanhamR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 18:42 |
| 45Matt CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:24 |
| 23Jason MarshallD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 13Ted DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 19Jeff NielsenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:57 |
| 22Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 27Mike LeclercL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 11:11 |
| 40Jeremy StevensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:22 |
| 46Jean-Francois JompheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 5Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 7Pavel TrnkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:53 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | L | 39 | 4 | .897 |
| 67Tom AskeyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 24Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 21:17 |
| 18Scott FraserR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 12:08 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 11:06 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:11 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 07:51 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:19 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 23:25 |
| 6Bobby DollasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:53 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 28Bill HuardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:50 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:43 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:09 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 7 | 25:17 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |