Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Sunday, December 7, 1997 · Miami Arena

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4–5

28–23

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 on Sunday, December 7, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 28–23.

Dave Gagner scored twice, Steve Washburn scored twice and Richard Zednik scored twice. David Nemirovsky, Joe Juneau and Jeff Toms also scored.

Goals
WSH	1	2	1	4	28
FLA	2	2	1	5	23

Scoring

1st period

Dave Gagner (12)David Nemirovsky (4), Kirk Muller (8)0–102:47 FLA
Steve Washburn (5)Ray Whitney (11), Ray Sheppard (5)0–215:19 FLA ·
Richard Zednik (9)Chris Simon (8), Adam Oates (22)1–215:30 WSH

2nd period

David Nemirovsky (5)Ray Whitney (12), Ryan Johnson (1)1–303:06 FLA
Joe Juneau (4)Chris Simon (9), Adam Oates (23)2–310:43 WSH ·
Richard Zednik (10)Dale Hunter (7), Kelly Miller (2)3–314:40 WSH
Dave Gagner (13)Radek Dvorak (3), Kirk Muller (9)3–417:05 FLA

3rd period

Jeff Toms (4)Mark Tinordi (5)4–410:18 WSH
Steve Washburn (6)Ray Sheppard (6), Paul Laus (8)4–517:17 FLA

Team stats

WSHFLA

2823

60%40%

1/41/5

2119

43

01

23

25

Penalties

0:41 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · holding2 min
7:24 into the first periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
7:24 into the first periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
15:14 into the first periodSylvain Cote · hooking2 min
15:56 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · interference2 min
16:19 into the first periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
4:10 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
7:09 into the second periodScott Mellanby · slashing2 min
7:09 into the second periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
9:37 into the second periodRobert Svehla · holding stick obstruction2 min
12:30 into the second periodRichard Zednik · boarding2 min
19:51 into the second periodPaul Laus · cross checking2 min
19:51 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
19:51 into the second periodCraig Berube · high sticking2 min
19:51 into the second periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
2:03 into the third periodTerry Carkner · hooking2 min
17:27 into the third periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min

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