The New York Islanders couldn't pull it off against the Florida Panthers, 4 to 3, in overtime on December 23, 1996.

Final

Panthers

20-8-7

4

Islanders

11-15-8

3

Team

FLA

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

FLA

NYI

Jody Hull (EV) assisted by Brian Skrudland and Per Gustafsson

Johan Garpenlov (EV) assisted by Scott Mellanby

Johan Garpenlov (PP) assisted by Ray Sheppard and Per Gustafsson

3rd period

FLA

NYI

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Derek King

Doug Houda (EV) assisted by Marty McInnis and Claude Lapointe

FLA

NYI

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Martin Straka and Per Gustafsson

Panthers

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Panthers

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mark Fitzpatrick (W) M. Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	22	19	.864	3	2.91	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	+1	10	0	0	0	0	0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	4	50.0
Per Gustafsson P. Gustafsson	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jody Hull J. Hull	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Podollan J. Podollan	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	16.7
Brian Skrudland B. Skrudland	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eric Fichaud (L) E. Fichaud	0	1	0	17	15	.882	2	2.54	0	47
Tommy Salo T. Salo				6	4	.667	2	8.29	0	14

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	0	0	0	-3	0	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	1	0	1	+2	0	1	100.0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Derek King D. King	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	1	1	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	2	2	+1	6	4	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	1	1	+3	0	3	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Rich Pilon R. Pilon	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	2	0	2	+2	0	6	33.3