⚡ Away Lightning 3-11-1 before this game
1–3
Final
🦈 Home Sharks 4-10-2 before this game
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Lightning at Sharks

Sharks beat Lightning 3–1 at SAP Center at San Jose on November 8, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Nov 8, 1997 · 21:30 CST 📍 SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sharks lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦈 SJS
Jeff Friesen
2 G
4 shots · 15:29 TOI · +3
2nd star 🦈 SJS
Murray Craven
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:21 TOI · +2
3rd star 🦈 SJS
Stephane Matteau
1 A
2 shots · 13:55 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL SJS🦈
37 Shots on goal 25
1/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6
10 Hits 12
5 Blocked shots 4
2 Takeaways 8
4 Giveaways 10
29 Penalty minutes 30
TBL shooting 2.7% (1/37) SJS shooting 12.0% (3/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Daren Puppa
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:34 TOI
🦈Sharks
Kelly Hrudey
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 3-11-1 (20% win rate, 15 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 1st: 4-11-2 (24% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 3-11-1 (20% win rate, 15 games)
Sharks
Sharks — tied after 2nd: 4-11-2 (24% win rate, 17 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Ysebaert · Langkow · Renberg 21:49
L2 Zamuner · Wiemer · Selivanov 17:33
L3 Poulin · Toms · Andersson 15:11
L4 Vukota 2:55
D1 Norton · Huscroft 20:00
D2 Racine · Dykhuis 15:36
D3 Shaw · Cross 14:48
D4 Hamrlik · Ulanov 10:02
🦈Sharks
L1 Craven · Friesen · Nicholls 16:21
L2 Andersson · Sutter · Nolan 14:54
L3 Matteau · Kozlov · Donovan 13:55
L4 Nazarov · Sturm · Marleau 8:34
D1 Houlder · Gill 23:57
D2 Ragnarsson · Rathje 21:16
D3 Brennan · McSorley 14:49

⚔️ Last meetings

Sharks lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Feb 23, 1997
🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL
3–4 · Lightning won
Dec 7, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🦈SJS
4–3 · Lightning won
Mar 1, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🦈SJS
7–3 · Lightning won
Jan 17, 1996
🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL
4–6 · Lightning won
Jan 29, 1994
🦈SJS @ ⚡TBL
2–1 · Sharks won

❓ TBL vs SJS, answered

Who won Lightning vs Sharks on November 8, 1997?

Sharks won 3–1.

What was the final score of Lightning vs Sharks?

The final score was Lightning 1, Sharks 3.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Daren Puppa made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sharks goalie play?

Kelly Hrudey made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Sharks played?

At SAP Center at San Jose in San Jose, the Sharks home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Sharks season series?

Sharks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Nov 6
⚡TBL @ 👑LAK
2–5 · LAK won
Next game · Nov 11
⚡TBL @ 🌵PHX
2–5 · PHX won
🦈Sharks
Previous game · Nov 7
🇨🇦MTL @ 🦈SJS
4–3 · MTL won
Next game · Nov 10
🦈SJS @ 🦆ANA
6–4 · SJS won
Also on November 8, 1997
🎵STL @ 🏔️COL
1–4 final
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
2–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🏝️NYI
4–2 final
🛢️EDM @ 🦅WSH
1–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🏛️OTT
4–3 final
🐻BOS @ 😈NJD
0–2 final
🌵PHX @ 🍁TOR
3–0 final
🦆ANA @ 🐋VAN
3–2 final
Lightning season page Sharks season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule