St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes

Saturday, April 18, 1998, 7:30 PM ET America West Arena, Phoenix Regular Season Final

Final score

The St. Louis Blues beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5–4 on Saturday, April 18, 1998 on the road.

Final score, St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes
Team	Goals	1997-1998 record
St. Louis Blues	5	45-29-8
at Phoenix Coyotes	4	35-35-12

Goals by period, St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	2	2	1	5
Phoenix Coyotes	3	1	0	4

Shots on goal by period, St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
St. Louis Blues	12	7	12	31
Phoenix Coyotes	10	4	7	21

Scoring summary

Every goal, St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	06:39	Phoenix Coyotes	Oleg Tverdovsky (7)	Brad Isbister (8), Shane Doan (6)	Power play	STL 0, PHX 1
1st	06:49	Phoenix Coyotes	Jim McKenzie (3)	Oleg Tverdovsky (12), Murray Baron (5)	Even strength	STL 0, PHX 2
1st	12:02	St. Louis Blues	Tony Twist (1)	Kelly Chase (3), Terry Yake (14)	Even strength	STL 1, PHX 2
1st	16:31	St. Louis Blues	Todd Gill (13)	Al MacInnis (29), Brett Hull (44)	Power play	STL 2, PHX 2
1st	18:54	Phoenix Coyotes	Mike Stapleton (5)	Cliff Ronning (44), Keith Carney (18)	Power play	STL 2, PHX 3
2nd	12:18	St. Louis Blues	Pierre Turgeon (21)	Brett Hull (45), Pascal Rheaume (9)	Even strength	STL 3, PHX 3
2nd	12:45	St. Louis Blues	Kelly Chase (4)	Al MacInnis (30), Todd Gill (16)	Even strength	STL 4, PHX 3
2nd	17:03	Phoenix Coyotes	Mark Janssens (5)	Keith Carney (19)	Even strength	STL 4, PHX 4
3rd	04:55	St. Louis Blues	Pavol Demitra (21)	Michel Picard (7), Todd Gill (17)	Even strength	STL 5, PHX 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

St. Louis Blues skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Turcotte	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	66.7%	15:39
Number 10 J. Campbell	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0		16:05
Number 16 B. Hull	R	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	1	0		18:20
Number 18 A. Twist	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0	0		07:32
Number 22 C. Conroy	C	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	50%	13:19
Number 23 B. Atcheynum	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		13:05
Number 25 P. Rheaume	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	100%	16:02
Number 27 T. Yake	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	0	50%	12:40
Number 34 M. Picard	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:39
Number 38 P. Demitra	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	55.6%	16:50
Number 39 K. Chase	R	1	1	2	+1	5	1	0	0	0		05:55
Number 77 P. Turgeon	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	70%	19:39
Number 2 A. MacInnis	D	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0	0		27:06
Number 4 M. Bergevin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:40
Number 5 T. Gill	D	1	2	3	+1	2	2	3	2	1		24:13
Number 6 J. Rivers	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	0	0		16:02
Number 19 C. Mcalpine	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0		15:02
Number 20 R. Poeschek	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		18:27

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 G. Fuhr	21	17	4	.810	60:00	Win

Phoenix Coyotes skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 14 M. Stapleton	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1		15:59
Number 15 C. Janney	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	15:20
Number 16 B. Isbister	L	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	0	0		16:00
Number 18 M. Janssens	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	50%	10:28
Number 19 S. Doan	R	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0	50%	15:08
Number 20 J. Cummins	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		09:15
Number 21 R. Corkum	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	47.1%	14:11
Number 22 M. Gartner	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	0		15:58
Number 33 J. McKenzie	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		08:20
Number 34 D. Shannon	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:58
Number 77 C. Ronning	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	0	0	41.2%	14:50
Number 2 M. Baron	D	0	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0		21:04
Number 3 K. Carney	D	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	2	0		22:03
Number 4 G. Diduck	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	1	0		22:06
Number 10 O. Tverdovsky	D	1	1	2	-1	2	1	0	0	1		19:06
Number 24 M. Petit	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	1	0		17:20
Number 27 T. Numminen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		17:32
Number 44 N. MacIver	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0		17:10

Phoenix Coyotes goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 28 J. Waite	13	12	1	.923	25:06	Loss
Number 35 N. Khabibulin	18	14	4	.778	33:43

Penalties, St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	00:07	St. Louis Blues	Brett Hull	Holding obstruction	2
1st	03:08	Phoenix Coyotes	Murray Baron	High sticking	2
1st	05:33	St. Louis Blues	Jim Campbell	Hooking obstruction	2
1st	08:54	Phoenix Coyotes	Oleg Tverdovsky	Interference	2
1st	12:34	Phoenix Coyotes	Michel Petit	Fighting (major)	5
1st	12:34	St. Louis Blues	Kelly Chase	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:54	Phoenix Coyotes	Gerald Diduck	High sticking	2
1st	17:17	St. Louis Blues	Craig Conroy	Tripping obstruction	2
2nd	06:20	St. Louis Blues	Craig Conroy	Holding obstruction	2
2nd	08:42	St. Louis Blues	Todd Gill	Tripping	2
2nd	18:27	St. Louis Blues	Terry Yake	Interference	2
3rd	00:57	Phoenix Coyotes	Murray Baron	Holding obstruction	2
3rd	05:38	Phoenix Coyotes	Bob Corkum	Tripping obstruction	2
3rd	06:50	Phoenix Coyotes	Gerald Diduck	Tripping obstruction	2
3rd	11:22	Phoenix Coyotes	Brad Isbister	Roughing	2

St. Louis Blues head coach: Joel Quenneville
Phoenix Coyotes head coach: Jim Schoenfeld
Referees: Paul Stewart
Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Andy McElman
St. Louis Blues scratches: Geoff Courtnall, Steve Duchesne, Mike Eastwood, Scott Pellerin, Ricard Persson, Chris Kenady, Chris Pronger, Brent Johnson, Libor Zabransky, Rich Parent
Phoenix Coyotes scratches: Jim Johnson, Jocelyn Lemieux, Jeremy Roenick, Rick Tocchet, Jeffrey Christian, Dallas Drake, Scott Levins, John Slaney, Keith Tkachuk, Brad Tiley, Juha Ylonen, Scott Langkow, Deron Quint, Sean Gagnon, Jason Doig, Daniel Brière

Every St. Louis Blues and Phoenix Coyotes game in the 1997-1998 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at St. Louis Blues 7	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Fri, Oct 3, 1997
St. Louis Blues 2 at Phoenix Coyotes 3	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes, Tue, Nov 25, 1997
Phoenix Coyotes 2 at St. Louis Blues 0	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Mar 14, 1998
Phoenix Coyotes 4 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final	Game page: Phoenix Coyotes at St. Louis Blues, Sat, Apr 11, 1998
St. Louis Blues 5 at Phoenix Coyotes 4	Final	Game page: St. Louis Blues at Phoenix Coyotes, Sat, Apr 18, 1998

Other NHL games on Saturday, April 18, 1998
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Carolina Hurricanes 3	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Carolina Hurricanes, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Boston Bruins 2 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5	Final	Game page: Boston Bruins at Pittsburgh Penguins, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
New York Rangers 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 1	Final	Game page: New York Rangers at Philadelphia Flyers, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Florida Panthers 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final/OT	Game page: Florida Panthers at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Dallas Stars 3	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Dallas Stars, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Los Angeles Kings 1	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Los Angeles Kings, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Montreal Canadiens 3	Final/OT	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Montreal Canadiens, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
New York Islanders 2 at New Jersey Devils 1	Final	Game page: New York Islanders at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Edmonton Oilers 4	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at Edmonton Oilers, Sat, Apr 18, 1998
Calgary Flames 1 at San Jose Sharks 4	Final	Game page: Calgary Flames at San Jose Sharks, Sat, Apr 18, 1998