When And How Often

Sporting News, The, March 15, 1999

Score early, give your team an advantage. Score late and you're a clutch player. Score early and late and ... you get a big contract. Here are the period-by-period scoring leaders, through the games of March 4. (Pssst, get a body on LeClair in the third.)

FIRST PERIOD                      GOALS

Luc Robitaille, LA.                 15
Theo Fleury, Col.                   14
Eric Lindros, Phi.                  14

SECOND PERIOD

Peter Bondra, Was.                  14
Teemu Selanne, Ana.                 13
Jeff Friesen, S.J.                  12
Robert Lang, Pit.                   12
Joe Sakic, Col.                     12

THIRD PERIOD

John LeClair, Phi                   20
Jarome Iginla, Cal.                 13
Paul Kariya, Ana.                   13
Eric Lindros, Phi.                  13
Martin Straka, Pit.                 13
Alex Yashin, Ott.                   13

OVERTIME

John LeClair, Phi.                   2
Eric Lindros, Phi.                   2
Teemu Selanne, Ana.                  2

OVERALL

John LeClair, Phi.                  38
Eric Lindros, Phi.                  36
Teemu Selanne, Ana.                 35

Source: STATS, Inc.