Pittsburgh Penguins vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Sunday, October 19, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Florida Panthers 4–1 on Sunday, October 19, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Penguins 23–18.
Goals came from Esa Tikkanen, Eddie Olczyk, Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr and Jiri Slegr.
Scoring
1st period
Esa Tikkanen (1)Kirk Muller (2)0–102:41 FLA
Eddie Olczyk (2)Kevin Hatcher (4), Ron Francis (5)1–112:11 PIT · 
Martin Straka (3)Rob Brown (4)2–113:06 PIT
2nd period
Jaromir Jagr (4)Kevin Hatcher (5), Ron Francis (6)3–103:06 PIT
3rd period
Jiri Slegr (1)Jaromir Jagr (7), Kevin Hatcher (6)4–107:53 PIT ·
Team stats
PITFLA
1823
41%59%
2/60/7
2624
1310
11
211
14
Penalties
- 6:42 into the first period
Garry Valk · roughing2 min - 6:42 into the first periodTyler Wright · interference2 min
- 11:57 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · roughing2 min - 16:42 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 17:08 into the first periodFredrik Olausson · holding2 min
- 18:19 into the first periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 18:19 into the first periodAndreas Johansson · roughing2 min
- 4:19 into the second periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 4:19 into the second periodGarry Valk · fighting5 min
- 4:38 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 9:49 into the second periodChris Tamer · holding the stick2 min
- 12:26 into the second periodKevin Hatcher · cross checking2 min
- 15:59 into the second periodDavid Nemirovsky · hooking2 min
- 0:43 into the third periodKevin Hatcher · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:20 into the third periodSven Butenschon · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodDavid Nemirovsky · high sticking2 min
- 11:34 into the third periodChris Wells · roughing2 min
- 18:58 into the third periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 18:58 into the third periodJiri Slegr · fighting5 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.