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Friday, December 26, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum

Panthers 5 at Hurricanes 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 95OVR Ray Whitney Panthers First Star 2G · 2 SOG R 74OVR Nelson Emerson Hurricanes Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 78OVR Dave Gagner Panthers Third Star 1G · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 6:49 Steve Chiasson (5) PPG Sami Kapanen (13), Nelson Emerson (11) · Slap FLA 0 – 1 CAR
  2. 12:49 Ray Whitney (12) PPG Scott Mellanby (15), Robert Svehla (15) · Slap FLA 1 – 1 CAR
  3. 14:55 Nelson Emerson (12) Glen Wesley (11), Robert Kron (8) · Wrist FLA 1 – 2 CAR
  4. 17:03 Gord Murphy (3) Ray Sheppard (9) · Wrist FLA 2 – 2 CAR

2nd Period

  1. 10:54 Ray Whitney (13) Robert Svehla (16) · Backhand FLA 3 – 2 CAR
  2. 16:08 Rob Niedermayer (4) PPG Robert Svehla (17), David Nemirovsky (6) · Tip-in FLA 4 – 2 CAR

3rd Period

  1. 19:36 Dave Gagner (14) Unassisted · Backhand FLA 5 – 2 CAR

Florida Panthers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ray Whitney L 2 0 2 0 0 +2 15:30 2.05
Dave Gagner C 1 0 3 0 0 +2 14:09 1.28
Gord Murphy D 1 0 2 0 1 +2 19:29 1.25
Rob Niedermayer C 1 0 4 0 0 0 20:23 1.10
Ray Sheppard R 0 1 3 0 1 +1 14:30 1.05
David Nemirovsky R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 10:43 0.93
Robert Svehla D 0 3 0 0 0 0 20:32 0.93
Scott Mellanby R 0 1 2 0 0 0 19:36 0.78
Paul Laus D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 17:50 0.45
Radek Dvorak R 0 0 1 0 0 +2 12:49 0.23
Tom Fitzgerald R 0 0 2 0 1 0 14:55 0.20
Steve Washburn C 0 0 0 0 1 0 8:18 0.05
Viktor Kozlov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:17 0.00
Terry Carkner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 20:33 0.00
Chris Wells C 0 0 1 0 1 -1 13:57 -0.02
Rhett Warrener D 0 0 1 0 0 0 15:57 -0.08
Bill Lindsay L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14:10 -0.15
Ed Jovanovski D 0 0 2 0 1 0 17:56 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Vanbiesbrouck W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nelson Emerson R 1 1 4 0 1 0 19:04 1.73
Steve Chiasson D 1 0 6 0 0 -1 28:11 1.00
Robert Kron C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 14:33 0.88
Sami Kapanen R 0 1 2 0 0 -1 15:02 0.58
Glen Wesley D 0 1 1 0 0 0 22:16 0.55
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 3 0 0 0 16:11 0.12
Kevin Haller D 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:50 0.05
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 1 0 3 -1 19:33 0.03
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:16 0.00
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15:24 -0.10
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 2 0 2 -2 10:19 -0.10
Gary Roberts L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 16:01 -0.13
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:11 -0.13
Stephen Leach R 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:46 -0.20
Kent Manderville C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 10:33 -0.22
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 18:32 -0.25
Enrico Ciccone D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 8:02 -0.32
Keith Primeau C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 17:47 -0.70
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke — 10 8 2 .800 20:00 -0.70
Pat Jablonski L 16 14 2 .875 39:38 -0.10