Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 27, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–0 on Tuesday, January 27, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Panthers 31–17.
Goals came from Ray Sheppard, Scott Mellanby and Tom Fitzgerald.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 14 of 17.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (12)Scott Mellanby (20), Steve Washburn (8)0–109:22 FLA
Scott Mellanby (9)Ray Whitney (22), John Vanbiesbrouck (2)0–211:39 FLA ·
3rd period
Tom Fitzgerald (8)Bill Lindsay (10)0–300:29 FLA ·
Team stats
CARFLA
3117
43%57%
0/31/5
1915
69
14
512
12
Penalties
- 6:19 into the first period
Glen Wesley · interference2 min - 11:13 into the first periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 14:12 into the first periodKevin Haller · fighting5 min
- 14:12 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · fighting5 min - 14:12 into the first periodSteve Washburn · hooking2 min
- 15:41 into the second periodPaul Ranheim · holding2 min
- 19:36 into the second periodJeff Norton · holding obstruction2 min
- 8:15 into the third periodJeff Norton · interference2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodSean Hill · roughing2 min
- 13:48 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · roughing2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · high sticking2 min
- 16:12 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 17:08 into the third periodNelson Emerson · slashing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:27 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:14 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:12 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:02 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:34 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:43 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:38 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 17 | 3 | .824 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 08:07 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:40 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 17Steve WashburnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:55 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:40 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:46 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 8Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kevin WeekesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 31 | 0 | 1.000 |