Pittsburgh Penguins vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Thursday, April 16, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4–1 on Thursday, April 16, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Penguins outshot the Hurricanes 30–25.
Rob Brown scored twice. Martin Gelinas, Aleksey Morozov and Robert Lang also scored.
Ken Wregget made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mike Fountain stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Martin Gelinas (15)Keith Primeau (37)0–101:59 CAR · 
Rob Brown (14)Jiri Slegr (12), Tuomas Gronman (1)1–103:07 PIT · - Rob Brown (15)Robert Lang (9), Tuomas Gronman (2)2–104:29 PIT ·
Aleksey Morozov (13)Robert Lang (10), Chris Tamer (7)3–105:59 PIT ·
3rd period
Robert Lang (9)Martin Straka (23), Aleksey Morozov (11)4–105:25 PIT
Team stats
PITCAR
3025
34%66%
3/60/6
1212
822
166
28
76
Penalties
- 8:36 into the first period
Stu Grimson · tripping2 min - 16:10 into the first period
Eddie Olczyk · holding stick obstruction2 min - 1:11 into the second periodSami Kapanen · slashing2 min
- 3:01 into the second periodCurtis Leschyshyn · cross checking2 min
- 4:01 into the second periodRobert Kron · hooking2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodAndreas Johansson · slashing2 min
- 14:39 into the second periodAdam Burt · hooking2 min
- 18:56 into the second periodRob Brown · hooking2 min
- 1:17 into the third periodAleksey Morozov · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 6:32 into the third periodTyler Wright · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:52 into the third periodJiri Slegr · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 16:43 into the third periodKevin Dineen · holding stick obstruction2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 20Robert LangC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 44Rob BrownR | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | 14:10 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:23 |
| 42Tuomas GronmanD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 71Jiri SlegrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:59 |
| 15Robert DomeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 16Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:56 |
| 18Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:49 |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:59 |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:28 |
| 57Chris FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 5Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:41 |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:41 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ken WreggetG | W | 25 | 1 | .960 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 23Martin GelinasL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:16 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17:21 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:27 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:54 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 34Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:30 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:00 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:57 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 46Michael RucinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 39Pat JablonskiG | 0 | 0 | – |