Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1998 · Kiel Center
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3–1 on Saturday, December 5, 1998 at Kiel Center. The Blues outshot the Avalanche 30–22.
Goals came from Mike Eastwood, Chris Drury, Claude Lemieux and Joe Sakic.
Craig Billington made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jamie McLennan stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Eastwood (3)Pascal Rheaume (6), Jim Campbell (5)0–101:27 STL
2nd period
Chris Drury (6)Rene Corbet (6), Joe Sakic (19)1–119:28 COL ·
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (8)Peter Forsberg (24), Adam Deadmarsh (6)2–115:10 COL · 
Joe Sakic (11)Peter Forsberg (25)3–119:59 COL ·
Team stats
COLSTL
2230
50%50%
2/40/4
2020
1916
1814
2431
29
Penalties
- 5:33 into the first period
Jeff Odgers · fighting5 min - 5:33 into the first period
Rudy Poeschek · fighting5 min - 9:14 into the first periodJamie Rivers · holding the stick2 min
- 13:38 into the first periodAl MacInnis · cross checking2 min
- 4:58 into the second periodJeff Odgers · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:58 into the second periodScott Parker · fighting5 min
- 4:58 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · fighting5 min
- 14:43 into the second periodValeri Kamensky · roughing2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodMichal Handzus · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · diving2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 8:51 into the third periodAl MacInnis · high sticking2 min
- 10:33 into the third periodValeri Kamensky · high sticking2 min
- 13:45 into the third periodChris Mcalpine · interference2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 27:07 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:05 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:12 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 6Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:57 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:55 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:10 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:14 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:43 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:13 |
| 4Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:55 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
St. Louis Blues
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:03 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:01 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:39 |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:43 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:51 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 34Michel PicardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:43 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:38 |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:51 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 31:51 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 19Chris McalpineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 20:29 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:59 |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |
| 30Rich ParentG | 0 | 0 | – |