Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 1998 · National Car Rental Center
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 6–5 on Wednesday, December 9, 1998 at National Car Rental Center. The Senators outshot the Panthers 30–27.
Viktor Kozlov scored twice. Rob Niedermayer, Dino Ciccarelli, Shawn McEachern, Magnus Arvedson, Jason York, Kirk Muller, Marian Hossa, Radek Bonk and Ray Whitney also scored.
Sean Burke made 25 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 11 of 13.
Scoring
1st period
Viktor Kozlov (4)Rob Niedermayer (11), Robert Svehla (7)0–111:54 FLA · 
Rob Niedermayer (8)Ray Whitney (13), Viktor Kozlov (10)0–213:34 FLA · 
Dino Ciccarelli (4)Oleg Kvasha (5), Ed Jovanovski (8)0–314:34 FLA · - Viktor Kozlov (5)Ray Whitney (14)0–415:45 FLA ·
Shawn McEachern (10)Alexei Yashin (17), Wade Redden (9)1–418:06 OTT ·
2nd period
Magnus Arvedson (6)Unassisted2–405:45 OTT
Jason York (3)Patrick Traverse (3), Marian Hossa (1)3–409:14 OTT · 
Kirk Muller (2)Paul Laus (3), Bill Lindsay (6)3–518:32 FLA
3rd period
Marian Hossa (1)Alexei Yashin (18), Patrick Traverse (4)4–504:46 OTT
Radek Bonk (8)Magnus Arvedson (7), Marian Hossa (2)5–511:33 OTT
Ray Whitney (8)Robert Svehla (8), Sean Burke (1)5–614:29 FLA ·
Team stats
OTTFLA
3027
49%51%
2/65/10
2714
128
126
48
77
Penalties
- 0:33 into the first period
Bill Lindsay · roughing2 min - 0:33 into the first period
Radek Bonk · roughing2 min - 4:10 into the first periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 5:38 into the first periodShawn McEachern · tripping obstruction2 min
- 5:42 into the first periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min
- 5:42 into the first periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min
- 11:35 into the first periodVinny Prospal · cross checking5 min
- 11:35 into the first periodVinny Prospal · game misconduct10 min
- 16:57 into the first periodScott Mellanby · cross checking2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodTerry Carkner · high sticking2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodTerry Carkner · high sticking2 min
- 7:51 into the second periodBill Lindsay · hooking2 min
- 9:29 into the second periodRadek Bonk · holding2 min
- 11:43 into the second periodScott Mellanby · hooking2 min
- 13:50 into the third periodMarian Hossa · tripping2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 11:09 |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 14:31 |
| 3Patrick TraverseD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 09:42 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:58 |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:47 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 33Jason YorkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 13Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 02:23 |
| 21Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:14 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:30 |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 29Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 23:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 14 | 4 | .714 | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 13 | 2 | .846 |
Florida Panthers
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20:51 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 21:21 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 4 | 28:30 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:11 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 16Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:48 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 18Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Sean BurkeG | W | 30 | 5 | .833 |