Thursday, December 5, 1996 · Miami Arena
Islanders 2 at Panthers 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
7:26
Brent Hughes
(3)
Unassisted
NYI 1 – 0 FLA
2nd Period
-
0:44
Bryan Smolinski
(2)
Scott Lachance (2)
NYI 2 – 0 FLA
-
10:03
Scott Mellanby
(10)
PPG
Ed Jovanovski (10), Radek Dvorak (7)
NYI 2 – 1 FLA
-
16:21
Ray Sheppard
(12)
Robert Svehla (11)
NYI 2 – 2 FLA
3rd Period
-
3:13
Robert Svehla
(5)
Martin Straka (9), Dave Lowry (7)
NYI 2 – 3 FLA
-
5:55
Mike Hough
(4)
Ed Jovanovski (11), Tom Fitzgerald (6)
NYI 2 – 4 FLA
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 1 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.90 |
| Brent Hughes L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.60 |
| Derek King L | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Marty Mcinnis L | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0.30 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.23 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Derek Armstrong C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | -0.23 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fichaud | L | 36 | 32 | 4 | .889 | 59:19 | 0.20 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Svehla D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Ray Sheppard R | 1 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 1.28 |
| Ed Jovanovski D | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Dave Lowry L | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.08 |
| Martin Straka C | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.08 |
| Mike Hough L | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 1.05 |
| Scott Mellanby R | 1 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 1.05 |
| Tom Fitzgerald R | 0 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.93 |
| Radek Dvorak R | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Per Gustafsson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.30 |
| Gord Murphy D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.30 |
| Bill Lindsay L | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Jody Hull R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Brian Skrudland C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chris Wells C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Terry Carkner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Rhett Warrener D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.38 |
| Paul Laus D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fitzpatrick | W | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 60:00 | 2.50 |