Florida Panthers vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Wednesday, January 7, 1998 · Edmonton Coliseum
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Wednesday, January 7, 1998 at Edmonton Coliseum. The Oilers outshot the Panthers 39–21.
Ray Whitney scored twice. Mats Lindgren, Ryan Smyth and Doug Weight also scored.
Scoring
2nd period
Mats Lindgren (10)Ryan Smyth (10), Dan Mcgillis (9)0–113:54 EDM
Ray Whitney (17)Robert Svehla (20), Ray Sheppard (11)1–114:59 FLA ·
3rd period
- Ray Whitney (18)Unassisted2–104:15 FLA
Ryan Smyth (14)Roman Hamrlik (14), Doug Weight (25)2–212:55 EDM · 
Doug Weight (14)Unassisted2–318:17 EDM
Team stats
FLAEDM
2139
46%54%
1/31/5
1511
4855
1410
38
1015
Penalties
- 2:14 into the first period
Robert Svehla · tripping2 min - 4:37 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 7:21 into the first period
Roman Hamrlik · tripping2 min - 19:40 into the first periodRhett Warrener · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodRem Murray · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the second periodMike Grier · fighting5 min
- 13:08 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 14:55 into the second periodSean Brown · holding2 min
- 5:02 into the third periodScott Mellanby · interference2 min
- 11:46 into the third periodChris Wells · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.