San Jose Sharks vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 20, 1998 · First Union Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the San Jose Sharks 3–1 on Tuesday, October 20, 1998 at First Union Center. The Flyers outshot the Sharks 37–18.
Goals came from Jeff Friesen, Rod Brind'Amour, Colin Forbes and Eric Lindros.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 34 of 37.
Scoring
2nd period
Jeff Friesen (1)Owen Nolan (1), Patrick Marleau (1)1–012:59 SJS · 
Rod Brind'Amour (2)Eric Desjardins (3), Eric Lindros (3)1–119:43 PHI ·
3rd period
Colin Forbes (2)Mike Sillinger (1)1–203:20 PHI
Eric Lindros (5)Rod Brind'Amour (4), John LeClair (4)1–315:48 PHI
Team stats
SJSPHI
1837
46%54%
1/41/5
108
2519
1013
2730
715
Penalties
- 9:04 into the first period
Andy Sutton · roughing2 min - 1:17 into the second period
Valeri Zelepukin · holding2 min - 8:53 into the second periodAndy Sutton · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:22 into the second periodLuke Richardson · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:19 into the second periodRonnie Stern · elbowing2 min
- 18:26 into the second periodOwen Nolan · slashing2 min
- 19:59 into the second periodColin Forbes · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:04 into the third periodAndy Sutton · roughing2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodEric Lindros · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 18:05 |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:52 |
| 16Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:23 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:06 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 07:26 |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:37 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 22:00 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 4Andrei ZyuzinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:18 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 42Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | L | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 25:55 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 24:31 |
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:12 |
| 11Mike SillingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:34 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:45 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:12 |
| 8Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:20 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:22 |
| 26Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:12 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:47 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:43 |
| 5Dimitri TertyshnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |