Los Angeles Kings vs St. Louis Blues
Playoffs · Thursday, April 23, 1998 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Los Angeles Kings 8–3 on Thursday, April 23, 1998 at Kiel Center. The Blues outshot the Kings 40–27.
Pavol Demitra scored twice, Pierre Turgeon scored twice and Jim Campbell scored twice. Geoff Courtnall, Craig Johnson, Brett Hull, Glen Murray and Luc Robitaille also scored.
Grant Fuhr made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Pavol Demitra (1)Geoff Courtnall (1), Al MacInnis (1)0–101:42 STL
Geoff Courtnall (1)Brett Hull (1), Todd Gill (1)0–204:42 STL · 
Craig Johnson (1)Yanic Perreault (1), Garry Galley (1)1–205:00 LAK
2nd period
Pierre Turgeon (1)Geoff Courtnall (2), Brett Hull (2)1–305:46 STL · 
Jim Campbell (1)Pavol Demitra (1), Geoff Courtnall (3)1–409:17 STL- Jim Campbell (2)Geoff Courtnall (4), Chris Pronger (1)1–513:41 STL ·
- Pierre Turgeon (2)Brett Hull (3), Grant Fuhr (1)1–615:12 STL
3rd period
Brett Hull (1)Pascal Rheaume (1), Pierre Turgeon (1)1–700:16 STL- Pavol Demitra (2)Jim Campbell (1), Geoff Courtnall (5)1–801:08 STL
Glen Murray (1)Yanic Perreault (2)2–803:19 LAK
Luc Robitaille (1)Jan Vopat (1), Jozef Stumpel (1)3–807:05 LAK
Team stats
LAKSTL
2740
59%41%
0/83/11
4741
169
1110
1728
08
Penalties
- 2:58 into the first period
Ian Laperriere · hooking2 min - 7:53 into the first period
Geoff Courtnall · tripping obstruction2 min - 8:13 into the first periodCraig Johnson · slashing2 min
- 8:34 into the first periodLuc Robitaille · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:43 into the first periodDarren Turcotte · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:00 into the first periodChris Pronger · high sticking2 min
- 18:07 into the first periodNathan LaFayette · interference2 min
- 3:13 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:48 into the second periodJan Vopat · hooking2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodMatt Johnson · roughing2 min
- 10:39 into the second periodAl MacInnis · cross checking2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodVladimir Tsyplakov · tripping2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodChris Pronger · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:59 into the third periodGeoff Courtnall · roughing2 min
- 7:24 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · tripping obstruction2 min
- 7:27 into the third periodYanic Perreault · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodSteve McKenna · elbowing2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodRuss Courtnall · boarding2 min
- 12:34 into the third periodTodd Gill · roughing2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · instigator2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · fighting5 min
- 12:52 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · misconduct10 min
- 12:52 into the third periodKelly Chase · roughing2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 12:52 into the third periodKelly Chase · game misconduct10 min
- 13:27 into the third periodGlen Murray · roughing2 min
- 16:06 into the third periodLuc Robitaille · elbowing2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodPierre Turgeon · interference2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodVladimir Tsyplakov · roughing2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodJim Campbell · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodMatt Johnson · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodMatt Johnson · roughing2 min
- 19:38 into the third periodMarc Bergevin · roughing2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 15Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:34 |
| 20Luc RobitailleL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:53 |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:00 |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:53 |
| 33Jan VopatD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:19 |
| 7Steve McKennaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:15 |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:48 |
| 19Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:56 |
| 24Nathan LaFayetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 26:28 |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jamie StorrG | 13 | 3 | .769 | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
St. Louis Blues
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 1 | 5 | 6 | +2 | 4 | 14:39 |
| 16Brett HullR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 3 | 21:35 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 13:33 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:18 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 25:07 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:54 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 23Blair AtcheynumR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:40 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:46 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:24 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:32 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:56 |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |