👑 Away Kings 0-0 in series
3–8
Final
STL leads 4–0
🎵 Home Blues 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Kings at Blues — First Round Game 1

Blues, First Round Game 1, beat Kings 8–3 at Enterprise Center on April 23, 1998.

🗓 Thu, Apr 23, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 Enterprise Center, St. Louis 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

LAK vs STL · STL leads 4–0 Full series →
Game 1
3–8
Final · STL
Game 2
1–2
Final · STL
Game 3
4–3
Final · STL
Game 4
2–1
Final · STL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🎵 STL
Geoff Courtnall
1 G, 5 A
4 shots · 14:39 TOI · +2
2nd star 🎵 STL
Brett Hull
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 21:35 TOI · +2
3rd star 🎵 STL
Jim Campbell
2 G, 1 A
4 shots · 13:33 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
👑LAK STL🎵
27 Shots on goal 40
0/8 Power play (goals / chances) 3/11
16 Hits 9
11 Blocked shots 10
0 Takeaways 8
17 Giveaways 28
47 Penalty minutes 41
LAK shooting 11.1% (3/27) STL shooting 20.0% (8/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
👑Kings
Stephane Fiset
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 33:41 TOI
Jamie Storr
10/13
.769 SV% · 3 GA · 26:19 TOI
🎵Blues
Grant Fuhr
24/27
.889 SV% · 3 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 1st: 46-31-5 (56% win rate, 82 games)
Blues
Blues — tied after 1st: 48-27-7 (59% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Kings
Kings — tied after 2nd: 46-31-5 (56% win rate, 82 games)
Blues
Blues — tied after 2nd: 48-27-7 (59% win rate, 82 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
👑Kings
L1 Stumpel · LaFayette · Murray 17:00
L2 Tsyplakov · Perreault · Courtnall 15:46
L3 Robitaille · Johnson · Laperriere 14:09
L4 McKenna · Bylsma · Johnson 7:52
D1 Blake · Norstrom 23:34
D2 Vopat · Galley 19:36
D3 O'Donnell · Berg 16:50
🎵Blues
L1 Turgeon · Hull · Demitra 19:25
L2 Courtnall · Pellerin · Campbell 14:24
L3 Rheaume · Conroy · Atcheynum 13:13
L4 Turcotte · Yake · Chase 8:46
D1 MacInnis · Duchesne 24:43
D2 Pronger · Gill 21:24
D3 Bergevin · Mcalpine 14:12

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 16, 1998
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
7–3 · Blues won
Feb 28, 1998
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
5–2 · Blues won
Nov 27, 1997
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
2–2 (OT) · Kings won
Oct 9, 1997
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
2–3 (OT) · Blues won
Mar 27, 1997
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 · Blues won

❓ LAK vs STL, answered

Who won Kings vs Blues on April 23, 1998?

Blues won 8–3.

What was the final score of Kings vs Blues?

The final score was Kings 3, Blues 8.

How did the Kings goalie play?

Stephane Fiset made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

How did the Blues goalie play?

Grant Fuhr made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Kings vs Blues played?

At Enterprise Center in St. Louis, the Blues home rink.

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
👑Kings
Previous game · Apr 18
🦆ANA @ 👑LAK
4–1 · ANA won
Next game · Apr 25
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 · STL won
🎵Blues
Previous game · Apr 19
🎵STL @ 🦆ANA
5–3 · STL won
Next game · Apr 25
👑LAK @ 🎵STL
1–2 · STL won
Also on April 23, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–2 final
Kings season page Blues season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule