New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Tuesday, October 31, 1995 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, October 31, 1995 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Islanders 21–19.
Bob Sweeney scored twice and Jason Woolley scored twice. Bryan McCabe, Gord Murphy, Ziggy Palffy, Geoff Smith and Alexander Semak also scored.
Tommy Salo made 17 saves on 21 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 2 of 3.
Scoring
1st period
Bryan McCabe (1)Unassisted1–004:32 NYI
Gord Murphy (3)Johan Garpenlov (3)1–108:39 FLA · 
Ziggy Palffy (4)Travis Green (8), Mathieu Schneider (2)2–115:50 NYI ·
2nd period
Geoff Smith (1)Bill Lindsay (5), Scott Mellanby (6)2–204:29 FLA
Alexander Semak (3)Kirk Muller (1), Scott Lachance (3)3–207:11 NYI · 
Bob Sweeney (1)Marty Mcinnis (3), Dan Plante (1)4–218:33 NYI
3rd period
Jason Woolley (2)Rob Niedermayer (2), Scott Mellanby (7)4–300:57 FLA · - Jason Woolley (3)Tom Fitzgerald (3), Brian Skrudland (5)4–417:59 FLA
Overtime
- Bob Sweeney (2)Kirk Muller (2), Dennis Vaske (3)5–403:56 NYI
Team stats
NYIFLA
1921
0%0%
2/52/9
2820
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Wendel Clark · hooking obstruction2 min - 2:17 into the first periodBryan McCabe · tripping2 min
- 4:42 into the first period
Stu Barnes · hooking obstruction2 min - 7:47 into the first periodMick Vukota · roughing2 min
- 7:47 into the first periodBryan McCabe · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:52 into the first periodBob Beers · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:13 into the first periodRhett Warrener · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:35 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodTom Fitzgerald · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodChris Luongo · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodScott Mellanby · fighting5 min
- 11:52 into the second periodBryan McCabe · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 11:52 into the second periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 15:39 into the second periodRob Niedermayer · slashing2 min
- 19:48 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · cross checking2 min
- 6:01 into the third periodRob Niedermayer · fighting5 min
- 6:01 into the third periodKirk Muller · fighting5 min
- 11:32 into the third periodAlexander Semak · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 68Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 37Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 75Brett LindrosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bob BeersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 21 | 4 | .809 |
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 51David NemirovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 45Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 16 | 4 | .750 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 3 | 1 | .667 |