Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 26, 1998 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 on Saturday, December 26, 1998 at Ice Palace. The Panthers outshot the Lightning 35–24.
Bill Lindsay scored twice. Scott Mellanby and Alexander Selivanov also scored.
Sean Burke made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 32 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (7)Viktor Kozlov (13), Robert Svehla (10)1–012:54 FLA ·
2nd period
Bill Lindsay (5)Mark Parrish (7)2–006:14 FLA
Alexander Selivanov (4)Benoit Hogue (4), Vincent Lecavalier (4)2–116:57 TBL
3rd period
- Bill Lindsay (6)Alex Hicks (2)3–119:32 FLA ·
Team stats
FLATBL
3524
54%46%
1/30/5
2715
1627
1010
1420
43
Penalties
- 5:03 into the first period
Kjell Samuelsson · interference obstruction2 min - 7:23 into the first period
Rhett Warrener · misconduct10 min - 7:23 into the first periodMark Parrish · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:23 into the first periodBenoit Hogue · roughing2 min
- 9:53 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 9:53 into the first periodSandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 12:31 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · holding2 min
- 16:50 into the first periodKirk Muller · holding obstruction2 min
- 0:52 into the second periodSean Burke · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodPeter Ratchuk · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 0:20 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · holding2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:55 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:31 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · holding2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 11Bill LindsayL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 18Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:20 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:42 |
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18:10 |
| 16Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:12 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:09 |
| 28Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:24 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:43 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 6Peter RatchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:46 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Sean BurkeG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 8Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:08 |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 |
| 61Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 19:31 |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:12 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 24:20 |
| 21Craig JanneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:12 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:37 |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 47Brent PetersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:25 |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:53 |
| 6David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 14Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 34 | 2 | .941 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |