Box score: Thunder 8, Komets 5

Monday, Feb. 8, 1999 | 3:57 a.m.

First Period -- 1, Las Vegas, Ustorf 8 (Mcbain, Melson), 3:07; 2, Fort Wayne, Butsayev 17 (Bashkirov), 5:57; 3, Fort Wayne, Roy 8 (Wood, Bawa), 8:10; 4, Las Vegas, Romaniuk 19 (Miller), 13:15.

Penalties: Fort Wayne, Roy (roughing), 10:48 Las Vegas, Wansborough (high-sticking), 10:48

Second Period --5, Las Vegas, Romaniuk 20 (Hollis), 6:55; 6, Las Vegas, Naumenko 8 (Lefebvre, Berens), 8:04; 7, Las Vegas, Jinman 3 (Lefebvre, Ustorf), pp, 14:30; 8, Las Vegas, Romaniuk 21 (Jinman, Hollis), 19:02.

Penalties: Fort Wayne, Penn (Obstruction, hooking), 3:54; Fort Wayne, Sorochan (interference), 10:45; Fort Wayne, Dupuis (roughing), 13:12; Fort Wayne, Roy (slashing), 15:51; Las Vegas, Kaminski (slashing), 15:51.

Third Period -- 9, Las Vegas, Hollis 9 (Jinman, Kaminski), pp, 1:12; 10, Fort Wayne, Darling 1 (Butsayev, Campbell), 4:30; 11, Fort Wayne, Bashkirov 7 (Butsayev), pp, 11:07; 12, Fort Wayne, Nemirovsky 19 (Boyce, Sorochan), pp, 15:13; 13, Las Vegas, Ustorf 9 (Lefebvre, Berens), en, 18:50.

Penalties: Fort Wayne, Roy (charging), 0:52; Fort Wayne, Wood (Obstruction, tripping), 5:11; Fort Wayne, Shargorodsky (roughing), 7:12; Las Vegas, Romaniuk (tripping), 10:18; Fort Wayne, Bawa (double minor, roughing, misconduct), 11:31; Las Vegas, Kaminski (major, spearing, game misconduct), 11:31; Las Vegas, Ewen (roughing), 11:31; Las Vegas, Ewen (misconduct), 13:34; Las Vegas, Fields (misconduct), 13:34.

Shots on goal -- Fort Wayne 13-14-12--39; Las Vegas 15-11-5--31.

Power plays -- Fort Wayne 2 of 4, Las Vegas 2 of 6.

Goalies -- Fort Wayne, Reddick (26 shots, 20 saves); Racine (start of 3rd, 4, 3); Las Vegas, Franek (13, 11); Simchuk (start of 2nd, 26, 23).

Attendance -- 8,884