The Edmonton Oilers fell to the San Jose Sharks, 5 to 3, on December 23, 1998.

Final

Sharks

9-15-7

5

Oilers

14-16-3

3

Team

SJS

EDM

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

SJS

EDM

Alexander Korolyuk (EV) assisted by Jeff Friesen and Marco Sturm

Pat Falloon (EV) assisted by Andrei Kovalenko and Boris Mironov

Todd Marchant (EV) assisted by Mike Grier and Dean McAmmond

Jeff Friesen (EV) assisted by Marco Sturm and Alexander Korolyuk

2nd period

SJS

EDM

Marco Sturm (EV) assisted by Bill Houlder and Jeff Friesen

Dean McAmmond (EV) assisted by Janne Niinimaa and Mike Grier

Marco Sturm (EV) assisted by Alexander Korolyuk and Bill Houlder

3rd period

SJS

EDM

Marco Sturm (EV-EN) assisted by Stephane Matteau and Bob Rouse

Sharks

Oilers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sharks

Oilers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Vernon (W) M. Vernon	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Jeff Friesen J. Friesen	1	2	3	+3	0	0	2	50.0
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Korolyuk A. Korolyuk	1	2	3	+4	0	0	3	33.3
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Marchment B. Marchment	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Patrick Marleau P. Marleau	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	0.0
Stephane Matteau S. Matteau	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0
Joe Murphy J. Murphy	0	0	0	-1	12	0	2	0.0
Owen Nolan O. Nolan	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Jeff Norton J. Norton	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Marcus Ragnarsson M. Ragnarsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Mike Rathje M. Rathje	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0
Mike Ricci M. Ricci	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Bob Rouse B. Rouse	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0
Ronnie Stern R. Stern	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0
Marco Sturm M. Sturm	3	2	5	+5	0	1	3	100.0
Ron Sutter R. Sutter	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Bob Essensa B. Essensa				12	9	.750	3	8.50	0	21
Mikhail Shtalenkov (L) M. Shtalenkov	0	1	0	7	6	.857	1	1.55	0	39

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Josef Beranek J. Beranek	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Kelly Buchberger K. Buchberger	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Boyd Devereaux B. Devereaux	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Pat Falloon P. Falloon	1	0	1	-1	0	3	33.3
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	2	2	+1	0	0
Bill Guerin B. Guerin	0	0	0	-1	10	3	0.0
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	0	0	-5	0	2	0.0
Andrei Kovalenko A. Kovalenko	0	1	1	-1	0	0
Todd Marchant T. Marchant	1	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Dean McAmmond D. McAmmond	1	1	2	+1	0	2	50.0
Marty McSorley M. McSorley	0	0	0	+2	4	0
Boris Mironov B. Mironov	0	1	1	+1	14	3	0.0
Rem Murray R. Murray	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Frantisek Musil F. Musil	0	0	0	+1	4	0
Janne Niinimaa J. Niinimaa	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0
Tom Poti T. Poti	0	0	0	-5	0	0
Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	0	0	0	-1	2	0