New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, February 25, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Florida Panthers 3–2 on Wednesday, February 25, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Devils outshot the Panthers 29–25.
Goals came from Tom Fitzgerald, Petr Sykora, Gord Murphy, Bobby Carpenter and Denis Pederson.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Fitzgerald (10)Esa Tikkanen (8), Bill Lindsay (13)0–116:16 FLA
2nd period
Petr Sykora (13)Doug Gilmour (37), Lyle Odelein (17)1–101:05 NJD · 
Gord Murphy (4)Johan Garpenlov (3), Rob Niedermayer (7)1–202:41 FLA
Bobby Carpenter (8)Lyle Odelein (18), Steve Thomas (5)2–209:50 NJD
Denis Pederson (11)Unassisted3–212:51 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDFLA
2925
49%51%
1/30/5
1723
63
25
04
104
Penalties
- 0:32 into the first period
Dave Andreychuk · hooking2 min - 7:55 into the first period
Robert Svehla · hooking obstruction2 min - 9:41 into the first periodKirk Muller · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodSheldon Souray · interference2 min
- 19:30 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · roughing2 min
- 8:12 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 8:12 into the second periodRandy Mckay · fighting5 min
- 10:26 into the second periodScott Daniels · holding2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodRay Whitney · misconduct10 min
- 10:49 into the third periodBobby Holik · slashing2 min
- 13:07 into the third periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 13:07 into the third periodBobby Holik · cross checking2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.