Tampa Bay Lightning vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1998 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Wednesday, December 30, 1998 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Lightning 38–27.
Wendel Clark scored a hat trick. Glen Wesley, Kevin Dineen, Gary Roberts and Ron Francis also scored.
Arturs Irbe made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 34 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Glen Wesley (2)Martin Gelinas (3), Kevin Dineen (5)0–102:42 CAR
Wendel Clark (16)Alexander Selivanov (12), Drew Bannister (1)1–119:37 TBL ·
2nd period
- Wendel Clark (17)Craig Janney (18), Petr Svoboda (3)2–101:04 TBL ·
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (6)Martin Gelinas (4), Robert Kron (6)2–204:57 CAR
Gary Roberts (7)Ray Sheppard (16)2–305:50 CAR
Ron Francis (7)Unassisted2–418:53 CAR · - Wendel Clark (18)Jassen Cullimore (5)3–419:24 TBL
Team stats
TBLCAR
2738
39%61%
2/41/9
188
1820
1110
019
812
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Cory Cross · high sticking2 min - 4:25 into the first periodCory Cross · high sticking2 min
- 12:51 into the first periodMike McBain · holding2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodAlexander Selivanov · tripping2 min
- 18:41 into the first period
Steven Halko · high sticking2 min - 18:41 into the first periodSteven Halko · high sticking2 min
- 5:07 into the second periodCory Cross · boarding2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · tripping2 min
- 7:43 into the second periodArturs Irbe · delaying game2 min
- 15:01 into the second periodJassen Cullimore · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2:52 into the third periodJassen Cullimore · interference2 min
- 15:18 into the third periodDrew Bannister · high sticking2 min
- 18:39 into the third periodAlexander Selivanov · holding2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 3 | 0 | 3 | −1 | 5 | 15:01 |
| 21Craig JanneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 14:01 |
| 61Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 12:12 |
| 5Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 26:51 |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:57 |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:47 |
| 8Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:29 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:14 |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:15 |
| 2Mike McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:53 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 38 | 4 | .895 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 13:55 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:40 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 24:17 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:40 |
| 13Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:50 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 05:47 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:45 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:42 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:07 |
| 5Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 21:43 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |