Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, October 3, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–3 on Friday, October 3, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Penguins 28–27.
Tyler Wright scored twice and Nelson Emerson scored twice. Eddie Olczyk, Ron Francis and Keith Primeau also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Wright (1)Andreas Johansson (1), Fredrik Olausson (2)1–013:22 PIT · 
Nelson Emerson (2)Sami Kapanen (1), Gary Roberts (1)1–115:49 CAR ·
2nd period
- Tyler Wright (2)Chris Tamer (1)2–113:44 PIT
Eddie Olczyk (1)Andreas Johansson (2)3–115:31 PIT
Ron Francis (1)Eddie Olczyk (1), Jaromir Jagr (4)4–118:47 PIT
3rd period
- Nelson Emerson (3)Enrico Ciccone (1)4–200:27 CAR
Keith Primeau (1)Glen Wesley (1), Nelson Emerson (1)4–305:05 CAR ·
Team stats
PITCAR
2728
54%46%
1/52/5
4372
611
44
47
00
Penalties
- 7:17 into the first period
Adam Burt · roughing2 min - 7:17 into the first periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 7:17 into the first periodEnrico Ciccone · misconduct10 min
- 7:17 into the first period
Jaromir Jagr · roughing2 min - 7:17 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 7:17 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 8:46 into the first periodSteven Rice · spearing5 min
- 8:46 into the first periodSteven Rice · game misconduct10 min
- 8:46 into the first periodTyler Wright · cross checking2 min
- 13:56 into the first periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 13:56 into the first periodChris Tamer · fighting5 min
- 15:19 into the first periodJaromir Jagr · elbowing2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodSteve Chiasson · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the first periodSteve Chiasson · game misconduct10 min
- 15:49 into the first periodStu Grimson · misconduct10 min
- 15:49 into the first periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 15:49 into the first periodAlex Hicks · fighting5 min
- 15:49 into the first periodAlex Hicks · game misconduct10 min
- 19:47 into the first periodKeith Primeau · elbowing2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 11:02 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodEddie Olczyk · tripping2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodBrad Werenka · hooking2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 5:34 into the third periodEddie Olczyk · fighting5 min
- 18:56 into the third periodEddie Olczyk · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.