Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Monday, March 23, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Florida Panthers 5–3 on Monday, March 23, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Hurricanes 39–29.
Keith Primeau scored twice. Martin Gelinas, Steve Washburn, Sami Kapanen, Stu Grimson, Viktor Kozlov and Scott Mellanby also scored.
Trevor Kidd made 36 saves on 39 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Gelinas (11)Unassisted1–006:18 CAR
Keith Primeau (21)Gary Roberts (24), Curtis Leschyshyn (8)2–015:34 CAR
2nd period
Steve Washburn (10)Unassisted2–101:27 FLA
Sami Kapanen (25)Steve Chiasson (24), Keith Primeau (30)3–102:43 CAR · 
Stu Grimson (3)Sami Kapanen (30), Keith Primeau (31)4–106:30 CAR
3rd period
Viktor Kozlov (12)Radek Dvorak (14), Robert Svehla (31)4–212:01 FLA
Scott Mellanby (12)Gord Murphy (8), Dave Gagner (20)4–318:31 FLA- Keith Primeau (22)Unassisted5–319:52 CAR ·
Team stats
CARFLA
2939
48%52%
1/60/7
1412
915
63
411
77
Penalties
- 3:24 into the first period
Radek Dvorak · interference2 min - 7:09 into the first period
Adam Burt · interference2 min - 8:01 into the first periodRobert Svehla · holding2 min
- 13:09 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · interference2 min
- 1:48 into the second periodSean Hill · high sticking2 min
- 2:03 into the second periodDave Gagner · high sticking2 min
- 2:22 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the second periodNelson Emerson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodTom Fitzgerald · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodSteve Chiasson · tripping2 min
- 1:15 into the third periodSteve Washburn · high sticking2 min
- 3:43 into the third periodKent Manderville · interference2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · interference2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 5 | 19:04 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 17:31 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 02:34 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:19 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 21:45 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:29 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:16 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:59 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 02:20 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:44 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:38 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 14:43 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 21:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | W | 39 | 3 | .923 |
Florida Panthers
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 17Steve WashburnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:09 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 19:42 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:17 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 27:30 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:37 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:52 |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:10 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 13:00 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:37 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Todd MacDonaldG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |