Monday, December 23, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Panthers 4 at Islanders 3
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
8:28
Jody Hull
(5)
Brian Skrudland (11), Per Gustafsson (7)
FLA 1 – 0 NYI
-
14:28
Johan Garpenlov
(6)
Scott Mellanby (18)
FLA 2 – 0 NYI
-
19:15
Johan Garpenlov
(7)
PPG
Ray Sheppard (14), Per Gustafsson (8)
FLA 3 – 0 NYI
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
4:11
Bryan Smolinski
(7)
Bryan McCabe (6)
FLA 3 – 1 NYI
-
8:31
Bryan Smolinski
(8)
Bryan McCabe (7), Derek King (15)
FLA 3 – 2 NYI
-
14:06
Doug Houda
(1)
Marty Mcinnis (8), Claude Lapointe (2)
FLA 3 – 3 NYI
Overtime
-
1:46
Ray Sheppard
(17)
Martin Straka (17), Per Gustafsson (9)
FLA 4 – 3 NYI
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per Gustafsson D | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.95 |
| Ray Sheppard R | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1.83 |
| Johan Garpenlov L | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.65 |
| Jody Hull R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Brian Skrudland C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Scott Mellanby R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Martin Straka C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Dave Lowry L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Gord Murphy D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bill Lindsay L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Mike Hough L | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Robert Svehla D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Radek Dvorak R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Tom Fitzgerald R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Ed Jovanovski D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Paul Laus D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Jason Podollan C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Terry Carkner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fitzpatrick | W | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 61:46 | -0.35 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Smolinski C | 2 | 0 | 6 | +2 | 2.25 |
| Marty Mcinnis L | 0 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 1.30 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 1.25 |
| Doug Houda D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Derek King L | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Randy Wood R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Brent Hughes L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Derek Armstrong C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | -0.45 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fichaud | L | 17 | 15 | 2 | .882 | 47:18 | 0.00 |
| Tommy Salo | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 14:28 | -1.10 |