Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes

Regular season · Wednesday, December 10, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum

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5–2

Final

SOG 24–23

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Wednesday, December 10, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Panthers outshot the Hurricanes 24-23.

Goals came from Nelson Emerson, Ray Whitney, Robert Svehla, Jeff Brown, Scott Mellanby, Ray Sheppard and Kirk Muller.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 19 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	0	3	2	5	24
CAR	0	2	0	2	23

Scoring

2nd period

Nelson Emerson (9)Unassisted0–106:31 CAR
Ray Whitney (9)Radek Dvorak (4), Paul Laus (9)1–107:02 FLA
Robert Svehla (4)Tom Fitzgerald (4), Rhett Warrener (4)2–107:55 FLA
Jeff Brown (3)Geoff Sanderson (7), Kevin Dineen (9)2–210:50 CAR · PPG
Scott Mellanby (6)Robert Svehla (12), Ray Whitney (13)3–212:23 FLA · PPG

3rd period

Ray Sheppard (7)Robert Svehla (13), Scott Mellanby (11)4–201:25 FLA
Kirk Muller (1)Dave Gagner (10), Radek Dvorak (5)5–219:17 FLA · EN

Team stats

FLACAR

24Shots on goal23

51%Faceoff %49%

1/5Power play1/6

19Penalty minutes17

2Hits8

10Blocked shots7

0Giveaways11

3Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 03:23Kevin Haller · interference2 min
1st 12:29Kevin Haller · hooking2 min
1st 16:25Enrico Ciccone · cross checking2 min
1st 16:25Scott Mellanby · roughing2 min
2nd 02:29Paul Laus · interference2 min
2nd 05:30Kevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
2nd 05:48Robert Svehla · delaying game2 min
2nd 09:00Scott Mellanby · high sticking2 min
2nd 11:15Enrico Ciccone · elbowing2 min
2nd 11:15Enrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
2nd 18:58Bill Lindsay · slashing2 min
3rd 08:23Steve Washburn · high sticking2 min
3rd 08:23Steve Washburn · high sticking2 min
3rd 15:04Gary Roberts · fighting5 min
3rd 15:04Rhett Warrener · fighting5 min

Season series

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

24Robert SvehlaD	1	2	3	+2	1	0	1	2	–	25:30
14Ray WhitneyL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	100	14:18
19Radek DvorakR	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	–	12:06
27Scott MellanbyR	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	4	–	16:02
9Kirk MullerL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	14:28
15Dave GagnerC	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	35	15:22
21Tom FitzgeraldR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	15:41
26Ray SheppardR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	15:26
3Paul LausD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2	–	12:22
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	5	–	17:54
11Bill LindsayL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	14:09
16Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60	10:07
22Steve WashburnC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	4	57	16:02
23Chris WellsC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	58	12:59
51David NemirovskyR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	14:34
2Terry CarknerD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0	–	20:36
5Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	21:44
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	17:51

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Mark FitzpatrickG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	23	21	2	.913	60:00

Carolina Hurricanes

Carolina Hurricanes skaters

8Geoff SandersonL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:02
11Kevin DineenR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	2	–	16:24
19Nelson EmersonR	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:14
21Jeff BrownD	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	23:21
10Gary RobertsL	0	0	0	-3	1	1	1	5	–	17:36
12Steven RiceR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:20
18Robert KronC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	55	14:57
24Sami KapanenR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:34
28Paul RanheimL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	08:55
32Stu GrimsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:40
44Kent MandervilleC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	08:31
55Keith PrimeauC	0	0	0	-2	4	1	1	0	52	21:16
92Jeff O'NeillC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	44	17:16
2Glen WesleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	17:07
3Steve ChiassonD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	–	25:43
5Kevin HallerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	17:53
22Sean HillD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:59
39Enrico CicconeD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	–	14:14

Carolina Hurricanes goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Sean BurkeG	L	23	19	4	.826	58:57
37Trevor KiddG		0	0	0	–	–