Carolina Hurricanes vs Phoenix Coyotes
Regular season · Friday, March 6, 1998 · America West Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 in overtime on Friday, March 6, 1998 at America West Arena. The Coyotes outshot the Hurricanes 50-31.
Jeff O'Neill scored twice. Rick Tocchet, Adam Burt, Nelson Emerson, Brad Isbister, Sami Kapanen, Dallas Drake and Juha Ylonen also scored.
Kirk McLean made 46 saves on 50 shots for the win; Nikolai Khabibulin stopped 26 of 31.
| Goals | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CAR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 31 |
 PHX | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 50 |
Scoring
1st period
Rick Tocchet (19)Brad Isbister (4), Keith Carney (14)0–104:33 PHX
Jeff O'Neill (13)Nelson Emerson (19), Martin Gelinas (11)1–106:02 CAR
Adam Burt (1)Martin Gelinas (12), Jeff O'Neill (14)2–115:07 CAR · SHG
Nelson Emerson (17)Paul Ranheim (8), Jeff O'Neill (15)3–118:00 CAR
Brad Isbister (7)Cliff Ronning (28), Teppo Numminen (27)3–218:55 PHX
2nd period
Sami Kapanen (21)Keith Primeau (28)4–200:52 CAR
Dallas Drake (10)Bob Corkum (7), Keith Carney (15)4–304:13 PHX
3rd period
Juha Ylonen (1)Unassisted4–413:56 PHX · SHG
OT period
- Jeff O'Neill (14)Martin Gelinas (13), Kirk McLean (1)5–402:34 CAR
Team stats
CARPHX
31Shots on goal50
48%Faceoff %52%
0/3Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes8
9Hits9
10Blocked shots4
1Giveaways9
11Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 00:53Jim Cummins · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:26Nelson Emerson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 01:20Adam Burt · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 10:04Paul Ranheim · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:04Murray Baron · roughing2 min
- 3rd 09:57Keith Primeau · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 10:30Craig Janney · holding obstruction2 min
- 3rd 13:22Murray Baron · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:11Sean Hill · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 17:01 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:49 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 23:57 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:01 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:05 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:59 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:29 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 08:51 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:42 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:06 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 21:22 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 25:39 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | W | 50 | 46 | 4 | .920 | 62:28 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Phoenix Coyotes
| 16Brad IsbisterL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 3Keith CarneyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 11Dallas DrakeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:32 |
| 21Bob CorkumC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 36Juha YlonenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:37 |
| 77Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 92Rick TocchetR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:21 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 25:23 |
| 7Keith TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 22:54 |
| 15Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 19Shane DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:06 |
| 20Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:01 |
| 33Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:32 |
| 97Jeremy RoenickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 2Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 10Oleg TverdovskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 16:46 |
| 26John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 21:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Scott LangkowG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Nikolai KhabibulinG | L | 31 | 26 | 5 | .839 | 62:34 |