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Sunday, December 15, 1996 · Miami Arena

Oilers 3 at Panthers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 65OVR Tom Fitzgerald Panthers First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG R 84OVR Scott Mellanby Panthers Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG R 75OVR Radek Dvorak Panthers Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:31 Tom Fitzgerald (6) Mike Hough (2), Brian Skrudland (10) EDM 0 – 1 FLA
  2. 8:24 Scott Mellanby (12) Robert Svehla (14), Radek Dvorak (9) EDM 0 – 2 FLA
  3. 11:12 Radek Dvorak (6) PPG Unassisted EDM 0 – 3 FLA
  4. 15:21 Miroslav Satan (9) Andrei Kovalenko (14), Jason Arnott (18) EDM 1 – 3 FLA
  5. 17:13 Mike Grier (4) Mats Lindgren (5), Rem Murray (10) EDM 2 – 3 FLA
  6. 18:38 Mariusz Czerkawski (13) Doug Weight (21), Ryan Smyth (12) EDM 3 – 3 FLA

2nd Period

  1. 7:22 Bill Lindsay (7) SHG Tom Fitzgerald (7) EDM 3 – 4 FLA
  2. 11:47 Gord Murphy (3) Martin Straka (12), Scott Mellanby (15) EDM 3 – 5 FLA

3rd Period

  1. 2:30 Ed Jovanovski (4) Martin Straka (13), Ray Sheppard (13) EDM 3 – 6 FLA

Edmonton Oilers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Mike Grier R 1 0 4 0 1.05
Miroslav Satan R 1 0 3 0 0.98
Mats Lindgren C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Andrei Kovalenko R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Rem Murray L 0 1 1 0 0.70
Ryan Smyth L 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Mariusz Czerkawski R 1 0 1 -2 0.53
Boris Mironov D 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Doug Weight C 0 1 0 -2 0.33
Kevin Lowe D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Luke Richardson D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Todd Marchant C 0 0 1 0 0.08
Dean McAmmond C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Bryan Marchment D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Michel Petit D 0 0 3 -4 -0.38
Jason Arnott C 0 1 2 -1 -0.43
Kelly Buchberger R 0 0 1 -1 -0.45
Jeff Norton D 0 0 0 -4 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bob Essensa L 18 15 3 .833 48:48 -0.75
Curtis Joseph — 5 2 3 .400 11:12 -2.05

Florida Panthers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Tom Fitzgerald R 1 1 3 +2 1.90
Scott Mellanby R 1 1 2 +1 1.68
Radek Dvorak R 1 1 1 0 1.45
Martin Straka C 0 2 2 0 1.40
Gord Murphy D 1 0 3 +1 1.13
Ed Jovanovski D 1 0 1 +2 1.13
Bill Lindsay L 1 0 4 +1 1.05
Robert Svehla D 0 1 2 +1 0.93
Brian Skrudland C 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Mike Hough L 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Ray Sheppard R 0 1 0 0 0.48
Rhett Warrener D 0 0 3 +1 0.08
Jason Podollan C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Chris Wells C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jody Hull R 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Dave Lowry L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Terry Carkner D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Paul Laus D 0 0 0 +1 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
John Vanbiesbrouck W 28 25 3 .893 60:00 0.25