St. Louis Blues vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1998 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the St. Louis Blues 4–2 on Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at Continental Airlines Arena.
Bobby Holik scored a hat trick. Scott Niedermayer, Pavol Demitra and Todd Gill also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 21 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Niedermayer (3)Patrik Elias (13), Denis Pederson (5)0–106:30 NJD · 
Pavol Demitra (17)Michal Handzus (6), Lubos Bartecko (4)1–113:04 STL
Bobby Holik (13)Dave Andreychuk (8), Brian Rolston (14)1–215:39 NJD · 
Todd Gill (2)Terry Yake (3), Lubos Bartecko (5)2–219:59 STL ·
2nd period
- Bobby Holik (14)Lyle Odelein (8), Vadim Sharifijanov (6)2–308:09 NJD
3rd period
- Bobby Holik (15)Vadim Sharifijanov (7), Dave Andreychuk (9)2–410:10 NJD
Team stats
STLNJD
2525
59%41%
1/32/5
106
3139
98
412
2517
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Craig Conroy · hooking2 min - 14:32 into the first periodTerry Yake · roughing2 min
- 18:32 into the first period
Scott Niedermayer · tripping2 min - 3:00 into the second periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 6:03 into the second periodRicard Persson · hooking2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodSasha Lakovic · interference2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodJim Campbell · slashing2 min
- 3:43 into the third periodMarty Reasoner · hooking2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 56Lubos BarteckoL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 26Michal HandzusC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 27Terry YakeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 38Pavol DemitraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:39 |
| 5Todd GillD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:19 |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:06 |
| 15Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 06:47 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:48 |
| 25Pascal RheaumeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 33Scott PellerinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:34 |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:40 |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:12 |
| 6Jamie RiversD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 7Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:43 |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 25 | 4 | .840 |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 17:30 |
| 8Vadim SharifijanovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 17:44 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:33 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 25:13 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 32Sasha LakovicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:42 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:47 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |