Montréal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Sunday, February 1, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6–3 on Sunday, February 1, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Canadiens 35–22.
Vladimir Malakhov scored a hat trick. Sebastien Bordeleau, Martin Gelinas, Eric Houde, Sami Kapanen, Robert Kron and Martin Rucinsky also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 32 saves on 35 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 10 of 12.
Scoring
1st period
Vladimir Malakhov (8)Turner Stevenson (3), Mark Recchi (29)1–003:30 MTL- Vladimir Malakhov (9)Mark Recchi (30), Brian Savage (13)2–011:22 MTL ·
Sebastien Bordeleau (4)Patrick Poulin (11), Patrice Brisebois (21)3–016:54 MTL ·
2nd period
Martin Gelinas (8)Steve Chiasson (17), Sami Kapanen (26)3–101:01 CAR · 
Eric Houde (1)Jocelyn Thibault (1)4–103:03 MTL
Sami Kapanen (19)Steve Chiasson (18), Nelson Emerson (17)4–210:06 CAR · 
Robert Kron (14)Keith Primeau (22), Sean Hill (3)4–311:40 CAR
Martin Rucinsky (17)Dave Manson (22)5–319:09 MTL
3rd period
- Vladimir Malakhov (10)Benoit Brunet (9)6–318:39 MTL ·
Team stats
MTLCAR
2235
39%61%
2/62/8
4834
2630
79
27
116
Penalties
- 4:14 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 10:08 into the first period
Jeff O'Neill · tripping2 min - 11:05 into the first periodAdam Burt · high sticking2 min
- 13:37 into the first periodStu Grimson · misconduct10 min
- 13:37 into the first periodScott Thornton · misconduct10 min
- 15:39 into the first periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 15:39 into the first periodKeith Primeau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 19:20 into the first periodDave Manson · high sticking2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodDave Manson · tripping2 min
- 19:20 into the first periodStephane Quintal · fighting5 min
- 19:54 into the first periodBenoit Brunet · holding2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 4:53 into the second periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 6:23 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · tripping2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodSebastien Bordeleau · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:17 into the second periodSebastien Bordeleau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodNelson Emerson · slashing2 min
- 15:06 into the second periodSean Hill · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3:50 into the third periodSebastien Bordeleau · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodMark Recchi · cross checking2 min
- 6:41 into the third periodMark Recchi · misconduct10 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 18:15 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 29:34 |
| 15Eric HoudeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 05:05 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 28:11 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:46 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:15 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:07 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:51 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:54 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:59 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 35 | 3 | .914 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −3 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 26:09 |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | 27:41 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:00 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 29:34 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:49 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:12 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:33 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 02:15 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:17 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 9 | 3 | .667 | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 12 | 2 | .833 |