🐧 Away Penguins 14-7-5 before this game
1–4
Final
🐆 Home Panthers 13-9-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
PIT 0101
FLA 1034

Penguins at Panthers

Panthers beat Penguins 4–1 at Amerant Bank Arena on December 16, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 16, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 15:40 TOI · +3
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Bill Lindsay
2 G
3 shots · 13:04 TOI · +2
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Rob Niedermayer
2 A
5 shots · 18:13 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Scott Mellanby Go-ahead 1st · 09:59
Assists: Rob Niedermayer, Johan Garpenlov
0–1
2nd period
🐧 Martin Straka Tying 2nd · 11:39
Assists: Kevin Hatcher
1–1
3rd period
🐆 Ray Whitney PP Go-ahead 3rd · 06:58
Assists: Rob Niedermayer, Dino Ciccarelli
1–2
🐆 Bill Lindsay 3rd · 07:45
Assists: Scott Mellanby
1–3
🐆 Bill Lindsay Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Assists: Scott Mellanby, Robert Svehla
1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐧PIT FLA🐆
30 Shots on goal 36
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
13 Hits 18
8 Blocked shots 10
6 Takeaways 13
6 Giveaways 3
8 Penalty minutes 8
PIT shooting 3.3% (1/30) FLA shooting 11.1% (4/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐧Penguins
Tom Barrasso
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 58:36 TOI
🐆Panthers
Sean Burke
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Penguins
Penguins: no games found in this situation this year.
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Penguins
Penguins — tied after 2nd: 14-7-5 (54% win rate, 26 games)
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 2nd: 13-9-4 (50% win rate, 26 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐧Penguins
L1 Straka · Titov · Jagr 22:20
L2 Hrdina · Lang · Kovalev 18:54
L3 Barnes · Miller · Brown 10:42
L4 Wright · Morozov 4:39
D1 Hatcher · Werenka 21:28
D2 Galanov · Kasparaitis 16:34
D3 Dollas · Moran 13:54
D4 Slegr 9:10
🐆Panthers
L1 Whitney · Kozlov · Niedermayer 18:13
L2 Kvasha · Mellanby · Dvorak 14:50
L3 Muller · Garpenlov · Ciccarelli 13:36
L4 Lindsay · Hicks · Parrish 11:48
D1 Svehla · Carkner 23:39
D2 Jovanovski · Murphy 17:57
D3 Ratchuk · Laus 16:08

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 14, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
0–4 · Penguins won
Apr 11, 1998
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
3–3 (OT) · Panthers won
Apr 5, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
1–3 · Panthers won
Oct 19, 1997
🐧PIT @ 🐆FLA
4–1 · Penguins won
Oct 4, 1997
🐆FLA @ 🐧PIT
5–3 · Panthers won

❓ PIT vs FLA, answered

Who won Penguins vs Panthers on December 16, 1998?

Panthers won 4–1.

What was the final score of Penguins vs Panthers?

The final score was Penguins 1, Panthers 4.

Who scored for Penguins?

Martin Straka.

Who scored for Panthers?

Bill Lindsay (2), Ray Whitney, Scott Mellanby.

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Tom Barrasso made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

Where is Penguins vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Penguins vs Panthers season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐧Penguins
Previous game · Dec 15
⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT
2–3 · PIT won
Next game · Dec 19
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
0–3 · PIT won
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 12
🔥CGY @ 🐆FLA
4–2 · CGY won
Next game · Dec 19
🛢️EDM @ 🐆FLA
1–3 · FLA won
Also on December 16, 1998
🌵PHX @ 🍁TOR
2–5 final
🗽NYR @ 😈NJD
3–6 final
🐻BOS @ 🐙DET
3–5 final
🐯NSH @ 🦆ANA
1–6 final
Penguins season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule