Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 on Wednesday, April 1, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Panthers 29–22.
Marc Bureau scored twice. Dave Gagner, Ray Whitney, Benoit Brunet, Zarley Zalapski and Bill Lindsay also scored.
Jocelyn Thibault made 19 saves on 22 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Gagner (19)Robert Svehla (32), Dino Ciccarelli (12)0–102:40 FLA · 
Ray Whitney (27)Dave Gagner (22), Robert Svehla (33)0–214:26 FLA · 
Benoit Brunet (11)Dave Manson (29), Jocelyn Thibault (2)1–219:19 MTL ·
2nd period
Marc Bureau (12)Turner Stevenson (6), Benoit Brunet (15)2–219:18 MTL
3rd period
Zarley Zalapski (3)Benoit Brunet (16), Shayne Corson (33)3–209:25 MTL · - Marc Bureau (13)Benoit Brunet (17), Dave Manson (30)4–209:38 MTL
Bill Lindsay (11)Scott Mellanby (23), Kirk Muller (19)4–316:25 FLA
Team stats
MTLFLA
2922
41%59%
1/52/4
1214
1313
11
14
611
Penalties
- 1:39 into the first period
Dave Manson · holding stick obstruction2 min - 7:27 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · tripping2 min - 13:41 into the first periodCraig Rivet · tripping2 min
- 17:32 into the first periodPeter Worrell · interference2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodKirk Muller · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodKirk Muller · high sticking2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodCraig Rivet · high sticking2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodCraig Rivet · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodPeter Popovic · high sticking2 min
- 7:30 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:45 into the third periodPeter Worrell · cross checking2 min
- 18:27 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 16:15 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 21:48 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 13:53 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:11 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:32 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:00 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:09 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:13 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:00 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:48 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | W | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Florida Panthers
| 15Dave GagnerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 23:18 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 17Steve WashburnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:50 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:06 |
| 28Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:21 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 8Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:12 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |