Colorado Avalanche vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Wednesday, March 31, 1999 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Wednesday, March 31, 1999 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Avalanche 27-23.
Goals came from Claude Lemieux, Vincent Damphousse, Joe Sakic, Chris Drury and Mike Ricci.
Craig Billington made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Claude Lemieux (27)Peter Forsberg (66), Sandis Ozolinsh (22)1–008:34 COL
2nd period
Vincent Damphousse (15)Jeff Friesen (28), Marcus Ragnarsson (10)1–100:36 SJS
Joe Sakic (38)Jeff Odgers (2)2–102:40 COL
Chris Drury (20)Shean Donovan (12), Peter Forsberg (67)3–114:04 COL
Mike Ricci (12)Bill Houlder (20), Dave Lowry (9)3–215:41 SJS
Team stats
COLSJS
23Shots on goal27
44%Faceoff %56%
0/2Power play0/4
32Penalty minutes28
20Hits18
15Blocked shots5
10Giveaways16
12Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 02:44
Ronnie Stern · high sticking2 min - 1st 10:13
Stephane Yelle · holding2 min - 1st 15:58Shean Donovan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 04:43Stephane Yelle · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:29Claude Lemieux · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 07:29Jeff Odgers · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 07:29Bryan Marchment · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 07:29Andy Sutton · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 19:44Adam Foote · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:44Ronnie Stern · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 02:40Joe Sakic · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:36Jeff Friesen · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:31Adam Deadmarsh · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:31Ronnie Stern · high sticking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:30 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:16 |
| 36Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 05:11 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:08 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:02 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:35 |
| 16Warren RychelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:17 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:03 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:15 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:48 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 18Mike RicciC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 26Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:56 |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:09 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:31 |
| 14Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 15Alexander KorolyukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:44 |
| 17Joe MurphyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 22Ronnie SternR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 37Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 5Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:33 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 40Mike RathjeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:58 |
| 42Andy SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 59:11 |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |