Carolina Hurricanes vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 on Wednesday, December 31, 1997 at Civic Arena.
Goals came from Keith Primeau, Peter Ferraro, Stu Barnes, Robert Kron and Robert Lang.
Peter Skudra made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Pat Jablonski stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Primeau (10)Sami Kapanen (16)1–000:21 CAR
Peter Ferraro (3)Kevin Hatcher (15), Jiri Slegr (6)1–101:14 PIT
Stu Barnes (11)Ron Francis (30), Jaromir Jagr (28)1–217:30 PIT ·
2nd period
Robert Kron (8)Glen Wesley (12), Keith Primeau (18)2–210:32 CAR
3rd period
Robert Lang (5)Jiri Slegr (7)2–304:19 PIT ·
Team stats
CARPIT
2626
42%58%
0/31/5
106
1110
99
49
612
Penalties
- 4:27 into the first period
Ian Moran · interference obstruction2 min - 16:12 into the first period
Kevin Haller · holding obstruction2 min - 17:54 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · high sticking2 min
- 17:54 into the first periodJeff O'Neill · high sticking2 min
- 13:05 into the second periodSean Hill · interference obstruction2 min
- 3:51 into the third periodStu Barnes · holding obstruction2 min
- 9:42 into the third periodKevin Haller · hooking2 min
- 11:27 into the third periodStu Barnes · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 22:55 |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:57 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:24 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:20 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:14 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:42 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 24:56 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:46 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:19 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Pat JablonskiG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 26:07 |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:43 |
| 17Peter FerraroR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:09 |
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:50 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 26:22 |
| 15Robert DomeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:25 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:31 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | W | 26 | 2 | .923 |
| 31Ken WreggetG | 0 | 0 | – |