San Jose Sharks vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 1998 · Skyreach Centre
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Edmonton Oilers 5–3 on Wednesday, December 23, 1998 at Skyreach Centre. The Oilers outshot the Sharks 23–20.
Marco Sturm scored a hat trick. Alexander Korolyuk, Pat Falloon, Todd Marchant, Jeff Friesen and Dean McAmmond also scored.
Mike Vernon made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Mikhail Shtalenkov stopped 6 of 7.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Korolyuk (1)Jeff Friesen (12), Marco Sturm (8)1–001:12 SJS
Pat Falloon (8)Andrei Kovalenko (13), Boris Mironov (16)1–105:08 EDM
Todd Marchant (5)Mike Grier (11), Dean McAmmond (5)1–216:44 EDM
Jeff Friesen (10)Marco Sturm (9), Alexander Korolyuk (2)2–217:02 SJS
2nd period
Marco Sturm (7)Bill Houlder (9), Jeff Friesen (13)3–201:10 SJS
Dean McAmmond (4)Janne Niinimaa (8), Mike Grier (12)3–305:17 EDM- Marco Sturm (8)Alexander Korolyuk (3), Bill Houlder (10)4–311:14 SJS
3rd period
- Marco Sturm (9)Stephane Matteau (8), Bob Rouse (7)5–318:54 SJS ·
Team stats
SJSEDM
2023
38%62%
0/40/3
2234
2217
157
1221
36
Penalties
- 10:17 into the first period
Marty McSorley · holding obstruction2 min - 17:31 into the first periodRyan Smyth · elbowing2 min
- 3:00 into the second period
Ron Sutter · interference2 min - 10:05 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 10:05 into the second periodRonnie Stern · roughing2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 19:38 into the second periodRonnie Stern · slashing2 min
- 11:35 into the third periodBryan Marchment · elbowing2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · roughing2 min
- 17:20 into the third periodJoe Murphy · roughing2 min
- 18:54 into the third periodBill Guerin · misconduct10 min
- 19:19 into the third periodBoris Mironov · cross checking2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodBoris Mironov · slashing2 min
- 19:19 into the third periodBoris Mironov · game misconduct10 min
- 19:19 into the third periodJoe Murphy · game misconduct10 min
- 19:19 into the third periodMike Rathje · cross checking2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 19Marco SturmL | 3 | 2 | 5 | +5 | 3 | 15:11 |
| 15Alexander KorolyukL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 12:47 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:06 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:43 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:17 |
| 33Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 5Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 18:21 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:56 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:05 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:43 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – |
Edmonton Oilers
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 17:38 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:56 |
| 10Pat FalloonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:25 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:08 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 24:19 |
| 7Fredrik LindquistR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 19Boyd DevereauxC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 20Josef BeranekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 5Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 0 | 18:50 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:40 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 12 | 3 | .750 | |
| 35Mikhail ShtalenkovG | L | 7 | 1 | .857 |