Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, March 26, 1998 · Miami Arena

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4–5

Final

SOG 28–21

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 on Thursday, March 26, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 28-21.

Bill Lindsay scored twice. Ray Whitney, Shayne Corson, Robert Svehla, Martin Rucinsky, Jonas Hoglund, Patrice Brisebois and Dave Gagner also scored.

Kirk McLean made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 16 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	1	2	1	4	28
FLA	2	1	2	5	21

Scoring

1st period

Ray Whitney (26)Unassisted0–111:00 FLA · PPG
Shayne Corson (18)Saku Koivu (41), Vladimir Malakhov (24)1–112:04 MTL
Robert Svehla (7)Ray Whitney (26), Radek Dvorak (15)1–215:02 FLA

2nd period

Martin Rucinsky (20)Vincent Damphousse (34), Vladimir Malakhov (25)2–205:09 MTL · PPG
Jonas Hoglund (11)Vladimir Malakhov (26), Saku Koivu (42)3–210:21 MTL
Bill Lindsay (8)Scott Mellanby (21)3–316:32 FLA

3rd period

Patrice Brisebois (6)Vincent Damphousse (35), Martin Rucinsky (28)4–303:33 MTL · PPG
Dave Gagner (18)Ray Whitney (27)4–412:50 FLA
Bill Lindsay (9)Kirk Muller (16)4–514:33 FLA

Team stats

MTLFLA

28Shots on goal21

58%Faceoff %42%

2/10Power play1/6

27Penalty minutes25

7Hits6

1Blocked shots4

2Giveaways8

0Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 05:45Peter Popovic · high sticking2 min
1st 07:45Johan Garpenlov · interference2 min
1st 10:11Patrice Brisebois · holding2 min
1st 12:04Scott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
1st 16:15Peter Worrell · roughing2 min
1st 18:47Zarley Zalapski · holding obstruction2 min
2nd 03:19Robert Svehla · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 03:58Chris Wells · high sticking2 min
2nd 03:58Chris Wells · high sticking2 min
2nd 08:17Radek Dvorak · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 10:27Peter Worrell · fighting5 min
2nd 10:27Turner Stevenson · fighting5 min
2nd 11:48Dave Manson · elbowing2 min
2nd 12:52Vladimir Malakhov · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:52Ray Whitney · hooking2 min
3rd 02:42Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 06:39Vincent Damphousse · hooking obstruction2 min
3rd 16:46Robert Svehla · interference2 min
3rd 19:53Shayne Corson · misconduct10 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

38Vladimir MalakhovD	0	3	3	+1	1	1	0	2	–	22:16
11Saku KoivuC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	69	22:44
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	2	2	-2	2	0	0	2	56	19:35
26Martin RucinskyL	1	1	2	-1	2	0	0	0	–	15:03
27Shayne CorsonL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	10	–	20:30
44Jonas HoglundR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	17:37
43Patrice BriseboisD	1	0	1	-2	2	1	1	2	–	23:24
8Mark RecchiR	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	21:37
15Eric HoudeC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	02:33
17Benoit BrunetL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:56
23Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	04:50
28Marc BureauC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	33	15:41
37Patrick PoulinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:24
3Zarley ZalapskiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	13:51
5Stephane QuintalD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:21
22Dave MansonD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	–	24:50
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	13:49
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	02:21

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Andy MoogG	L	21	16	5	.762	59:09
41Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters

14Ray WhitneyL	1	2	3	+2	1	0	0	2	–	15:56
11Bill LindsayL	2	0	2	+1	3	3	0	0	–	18:04
9Kirk MullerL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	38	15:16
15Dave GagnerC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	62	13:45
19Radek DvorakR	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	–	15:34
27Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	–	15:03
24Robert SvehlaD	1	0	1	0	1	2	2	4	–	28:18
22Dino CiccarelliR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:50
23Chris WellsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	38	11:34
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	20:12
28Peter WorrellL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	–	03:25
29Johan GarpenlovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	18:37
2Terry CarknerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	22:16
3Paul LausD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:43
5Gord MurphyD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	22:26
7Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	18:41
8Dallas EakinsD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	08:18
55Ed JovanovskiD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:32

Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Kirk McLeanG	W	28	24	4	.857	59:09
34John VanbiesbrouckG		0	0	0	–	–