San Jose Sharks vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, January 2, 1999 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, January 2, 1999 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sharks outshot the Islanders 29–21.
Mike Ricci scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Owen Nolan, Kenny Jonsson and Marco Sturm also scored.
Steve Shields made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Marcel Cousineau stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Ricci (7)Stephane Matteau (10), Mike Rathje (2)1–011:04 SJS · 
Owen Nolan (4)Unassisted2–013:43 SJS
2nd period
Kenny Jonsson (6)Trevor Linden (14)2–105:11 NYI · 
Ziggy Palffy (2)Robert Reichel (22), Kenny Jonsson (8)2–206:54 NYI ·
3rd period
- Mike Ricci (8)Jeff Norton (8), Bill Houlder (13)3–216:17 SJS ·
- Ziggy Palffy (3)Robert Reichel (23)3–316:34 NYI
Overtime
Marco Sturm (10)Jeff Norton (9), Bill Houlder (14)4–301:47 SJS
Team stats
SJSNYI
2921
53%47%
1/52/4
1012
2322
127
53
26
Penalties
- 0:56 into the first period
Ted Donato · interference2 min - 9:15 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 11:24 into the first periodBryan Marchment · roughing2 min
- 18:46 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodAlexander Korolyuk · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodMarco Sturm · boarding2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodRich Pilon · high sticking2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodJoe Murphy · high sticking2 min
- 2:54 into the third periodMike Watt · hooking2 min
- 11:06 into the third periodZdeno Chara · roughing2 min
- 15:04 into the third periodZdeno Chara · roughing2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 18Mike RicciC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:47 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:47 |
| 5Jeff NortonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 22:09 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:58 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:31 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:28 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 15Alexander KorolyukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 12:00 |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:14 |
| 33Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 21 | 3 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:54 |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 29Kenny JonssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:19 |
| 32Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:53 |
| 8Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:56 |
| 12Mike WattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 25:28 |
| 14Joe SaccoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 11:51 |
| 15Ted DonatoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 17Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 20Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16:11 |
| 25Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 44Mark LawrenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 05:37 |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 4Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:54 |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:04 |
| 38Barry RichterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marcel CousineauG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | – |