New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 5, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 4–2 on Wednesday, November 5, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Devils outshot the Panthers 35–26.
Scott Niedermayer scored twice. Dave Gagner, Randy Mckay, Bill Lindsay and John MacLean also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Gagner (7)Gord Murphy (3)0–103:59 FLA
Randy Mckay (8)Patrik Elias (2), Lyle Odelein (5)1–107:52 NJD
Scott Niedermayer (4)Denis Pederson (3)2–113:54 NJD
2nd period
- Scott Niedermayer (5)Dave Andreychuk (7), Randy Mckay (4)3–116:29 NJD ·
3rd period
Bill Lindsay (4)Scott Mellanby (3), Rob Niedermayer (1)3–208:55 FLA
John MacLean (3)Unassisted4–219:28 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDFLA
3526
58%42%
1/80/3
616
86
04
05
21
Penalties
- 8:36 into the first period
Robert Svehla · hooking obstruction2 min - 14:20 into the first period
Bobby Carpenter · holding obstruction2 min - 17:01 into the first periodTerry Carkner · tripping2 min
- 0:39 into the second periodPatrik Elias · interference2 min
- 1:12 into the second periodRob Niedermayer · holding2 min
- 1:51 into the second periodBill Lindsay · slashing2 min
- 12:29 into the second periodLyle Odelein · slashing2 min
- 15:20 into the second periodPaul Laus · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:55 into the second periodDave Gagner · hooking2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodScott Mellanby · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:15 into the third periodChris Wells · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.