Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday, December 26, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Panthers 28-27.
Ray Whitney scored twice. Steve Chiasson, Nelson Emerson, Gord Murphy, Rob Niedermayer and Dave Gagner also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Pat Jablonski stopped 14 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Chiasson (5)Sami Kapanen (13), Nelson Emerson (11)0–106:49 CAR · PPG
Ray Whitney (12)Scott Mellanby (15), Robert Svehla (15)1–112:49 FLA · PPG
Nelson Emerson (12)Glen Wesley (11), Robert Kron (8)1–214:55 CAR
Gord Murphy (3)Ray Sheppard (9)2–217:03 FLA
2nd period
- Ray Whitney (13)Robert Svehla (16)3–210:54 FLA
Rob Niedermayer (4)Robert Svehla (17), David Nemirovsky (6)4–216:08 FLA · PPG
3rd period
Dave Gagner (14)Unassisted5–219:36 FLA · EN
Team stats
FLACAR
27Shots on goal28
54%Faceoff %46%
2/7Power play1/3
21Penalty minutes19
0Hits0
6Blocked shots9
2Giveaways16
3Takeaways2
Penalties
- 1st 03:59
Keith Primeau · hooking2 min - 1st 05:20
Radek Dvorak · high sticking2 min - 1st 05:42Rhett Warrener · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1st 08:30Keith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 1st 08:30Ed Jovanovski · fighting5 min
- 1st 12:05Enrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 1st 14:55Robert Svehla · misconduct10 min
- 1st 15:03Adam Burt · tripping2 min
- 1st 20:00Stephen Leach · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:28Jeff O'Neill · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:43Enrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 3rd 06:27Robert Svehla · charging2 min
- 3rd 12:10Glen Wesley · cross checking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:32 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:09 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 51David NemirovskyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:43 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:29 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 17Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:49 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:55 |
| 22Steve WashburnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:33 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:02 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:16 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 6 | 28:11 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:01 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:11 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:19 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:50 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 10 | 8 | 2 | .800 | 20:00 | |
| 35Pat JablonskiG | L | 16 | 14 | 2 | .875 | 39:38 |