Florida Panthers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 1997 · MCI Center
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 4–0 on Thursday, December 18, 1997 at MCI Center. The Panthers outshot the Capitals 31–26.
Goals came from Ed Jovanovski, Radek Dvorak, Steve Washburn and Kirk Muller.
Scoring
2nd period
Ed Jovanovski (5)Scott Mellanby (13), Ray Sheppard (7)1–005:42 FLA
3rd period
Radek Dvorak (3)Kirk Muller (11), Dave Gagner (12)2–002:56 FLA
Steve Washburn (7)Scott Mellanby (14), Ray Sheppard (8)3–005:03 FLA
Kirk Muller (2)Dave Gagner (13), Radek Dvorak (7)4–009:01 FLA
Team stats
FLAWSH
3126
44%56%
0/30/6
2117
108
115
52
104
Penalties
- 6:52 into the first period
Peter Bondra · hooking2 min - 11:40 into the first periodSergei Gonchar · high sticking2 min
- 17:03 into the first period
Paul Laus · roughing2 min - 17:03 into the first periodSteve Konowalchuk · roughing2 min
- 19:09 into the first periodChris Wells · tripping2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodBill Lindsay · roughing2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodScott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodRhett Warrener · boarding2 min
- 5:17 into the third periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 5:17 into the third periodCraig Berube · slashing2 min
- 5:17 into the third periodCraig Berube · fighting5 min
- 9:40 into the third periodDavid Nemirovsky · high sticking2 min
- 11:58 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · tripping2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodCraig Berube · charging2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodBrendan Witt · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.