Tampa Bay Lightning vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, January 31, 1998 · Miami Arena

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0–2

27–33

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–0 on Saturday, January 31, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Lightning 33–27.

Goals came from Kirk Muller and Robert Svehla.

John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 31 of 33.

Goals
TBL	0	0	0	0	27
FLA	2	0	0	2	33

Scoring

1st period

Kirk Muller (5)Dave Gagner (17), Radek Dvorak (11)0–100:18 FLA
Robert Svehla (6)Bill Lindsay (11), Esa Tikkanen (7)0–205:15 FLA

Team stats

TBLFLA

2733

45%55%

0/60/4

1519

105

12

15

36

Penalties

6:07 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
6:07 into the first periodLouie Debrusk · fighting5 min
10:01 into the first periodDarcy Tucker · interference obstruction2 min
13:28 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · interference obstruction2 min
13:28 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
14:17 into the first periodJason Wiemer · interference obstruction2 min
3:22 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · interference obstruction2 min
8:56 into the second periodJeff Norton · holding obstruction2 min
9:44 into the second periodMark Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
12:37 into the second periodRay Sheppard · slashing2 min
19:30 into the second periodBryan Marchment · hooking2 min
5:01 into the third periodRhett Warrener · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
5:01 into the third periodPaul Ysebaert · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:42 into the third periodScott Mellanby · cross checking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

7Rob ZamunerL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	33	0	0	28	23:40
11Steve KellyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	–
15Paul YsebaertL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	26	0	0	21	17:42
16Darcy TuckerR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	45	0	0	21	17:37
18Daymond LangkowC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	0	1	15	15:49
20Mikael RenbergR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	12	11:09
21Jody HullR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	75	0	0	21	17:19
24Jason WiemerC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	2	–	0	0	19	14:57
29Alexander SelivanovR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	21	19:12
36Louie DebruskL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	0	0	6	02:48
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	0	0	25	24:27
64Jason BonsignoreC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	40	0	0	9	06:23
2Mike McBainD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	26	19:33
4Cory CrossD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	15	11:18
5Jassen CullimoreD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	0	0	26	25:08
6David WilkieD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	0	0	25	25:55
8Jamie HuscroftD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	13	09:29
23Bryan MarchmentD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	–	0	0	26	22:52

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
1Zac BierkG		0	0	0	–	–
30Mark FitzpatrickG	L	33	31	2	.939	59:27

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

9Kirk MullerL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	67	0	0	18	16:15
10Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	42	1	0	15	11:01
11Bill LindsayL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	15	10:40
15Dave GagnerC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	58	0	1	21	17:38
19Radek DvorakR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	1	14	12:50
24Robert SvehlaD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	32	27:03
14Ray WhitneyL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	67	0	1	16	18:17
17Steve WashburnC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	0	0	13	11:48
21Tom FitzgeraldR	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	88	0	0	14	10:42
22Dino CiccarelliR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	–	0	0	17	16:43
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25	0	1	15	14:01
26Ray SheppardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	18	17:32
27Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	0	0	17	15:47
2Terry CarknerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	2	25	19:41
3Paul LausD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	–	1	0	21	16:00
6Jeff NortonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	19	15:36
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	0	0	23	17:50
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	4	–	3	0	23	19:15

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
30Todd MacDonaldG		0	0	0	–	–
34John VanbiesbrouckG	W	27	27	0	1.000	60:00