Edmonton Oilers vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Sunday, March 15, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–1 on Sunday, March 15, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Oilers 30–29.
Sami Kapanen scored a hat trick. Scott Fraser and Martin Gelinas also scored.
Trevor Kidd made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
2nd period
Scott Fraser (7)Greg De Vries (3), Valeri Zelepukin (18)1–002:09 EDM
Sami Kapanen (22)Sean Hill (6), Curtis Leschyshyn (7)1–115:34 CAR
Martin Gelinas (10)Nelson Emerson (20), Jeff O'Neill (17)1–216:37 CAR
3rd period
- Sami Kapanen (23)Robert Kron (16)1–308:25 CAR
- Sami Kapanen (24)Steve Chiasson (23), Keith Primeau (29)1–418:57 CAR ·
Team stats
EDMCAR
2930
48%52%
0/70/4
2814
55
68
36
23
Penalties
- 12:51 into the first period
Bill Guerin · holding obstruction2 min - 14:47 into the first period
Robert Kron · tripping2 min - 15:50 into the first periodTony Hrkac · interference2 min
- 2:56 into the second periodRyan Smyth · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:15 into the second periodBates Battaglia · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodBill Guerin · misconduct10 min
- 18:25 into the second periodAdam Burt · holding obstruction2 min
- 6:16 into the third periodSami Kapanen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:39 into the third periodValeri Zelepukin · elbowing2 min
- 15:47 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · hooking obstruction2 min
- 16:21 into the third periodGlen Wesley · high sticking2 min
- 18:12 into the third periodDean McAmmond · misconduct10 min
- 19:41 into the third periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Scott FraserR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:23 |
| 21Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:49 |
| 5Greg De VriesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:48 |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:05 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 20Tony HrkacC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 11:02 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:54 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 13:51 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:52 |
| 8Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:29 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:46 |
| 33Dan McgillisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 24Sami KapanenR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 7 | 20:08 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:59 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:55 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:58 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:21 |
| 29Kevin BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:39 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:55 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:41 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |