The Florida Panthers defeated the New York Islanders, 4 to 2, on December 5, 1996.

Final

Islanders

7-11-8

2

Panthers

17-4-6

4

Team

NYI

FLA

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

FLA

Brent Hughes (EV) unassisted

2nd period

NYI

FLA

Bryan Smolinski (EV) assisted by Scott Lachance

Scott Mellanby (PP) assisted by Ed Jovanovski and Radek Dvorak

Ray Sheppard (EV) assisted by Robert Svehla

3rd period

NYI

FLA

Robert Svehla (EV) assisted by Martin Straka and Dave Lowry

Mike Hough (EV) assisted by Ed Jovanovski and Tom Fitzgerald

Islanders

Panthers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Panthers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Eric Fichaud (L) E. Fichaud	0	1	0	36	32	.889	4	4.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Brent Hughes B. Hughes	1	0	1	+1	5	1	100.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	1	0	1	-1	0	4	25.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mark Fitzpatrick (W) M. Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	42	40	.952	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Per Gustafsson P. Gustafsson	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0.0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	6	16.7
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Martin Straka M. Straka	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0