Florida Panthers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 29, 1993 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Hartford Whalers 5–3 on Wednesday, December 29, 1993 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Panthers 29–27.
Goals came from Scott Mellanby, Igor Chibirev, Tom Fitzgerald, Geoff Sanderson, Scott Levins, Stu Barnes, Randy Cunneyworth and Andrei Lomakin.
Mark Fitzpatrick made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (13)Stu Barnes (8), Greg Hawgood (17)1–007:39 FLA · 
Igor Chibirev (2)Pat Verbeek (15), Andrew Cassels (20)1–113:48 HFD
Tom Fitzgerald (8)Mike Foligno (4), Brian Benning (4)2–116:59 FLA
Geoff Sanderson (24)Robert Kron (11), Michael Nylander (22)2–217:37 HFD
2nd period
Scott Levins (5)Unassisted3–203:47 FLA
Stu Barnes (8)Scott Mellanby (16), Dave Lowry (11)4–208:44 FLA
3rd period
Randy Cunneyworth (6)Bob Mcgill (1), Marc Potvin (2)4–304:33 HFD
Andrei Lomakin (9)Scott Levins (6), Jesse Belanger (22)5–308:41 FLA
Team stats
FLAHFD
2729
0%0%
1/40/2
1418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:53 into the first period
Paul Laus · fighting5 min - 6:53 into the first period
Marc Potvin · elbowing2 min - 6:53 into the first periodMarc Potvin · fighting5 min
- 9:58 into the first periodScott Levins · elbowing2 min
- 9:58 into the first periodScott Levins · fighting5 min
- 9:58 into the first periodBryan Marchment · fighting5 min
- 6:36 into the second periodSean Burke · delaying game2 min
- 12:54 into the second periodBrian Benning · holding2 min
- 15:03 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · slashing2 min
- 19:44 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 14Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Scott LevinsR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Andrei LomakinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian BenningD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Marc PotvinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Igor ChibirevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Bob McgillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mark GreigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jim StormL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 3Zarley ZalapskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 40Frank PietrangeloG | 0 | 0 | – |