New York Islanders vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 6, 1995 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Islanders 7–4 on Wednesday, December 6, 1995 at Hartford Civic Center.
Nelson Emerson scored twice and Ziggy Palffy scored twice. Andrei Nikolishin, Steve Martins, Wendel Clark, Steven Rice, Derek King, Glen Wesley and Jeff O'Neill also scored.
Sean Burke made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Jamie McLennan stopped 17 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Nelson Emerson (10)Geoff Sanderson (10), Brendan Shanahan (11)0–105:28 HFD · - Nelson Emerson (11)Glen Wesley (6), Sean Burke (3)0–206:39 HFD ·
Ziggy Palffy (9)Andrei Vasilyev (3), Alexander Semak (6)1–210:25 NYI
Andrei Nikolishin (3)Geoff Sanderson (11), Steven Rice (8)1–311:37 HFD
Steve Martins (1)Kelly Chase (2), Jocelyn Lemieux (2)1–412:58 HFD
2nd period
Wendel Clark (13)Ziggy Palffy (14), Mathieu Schneider (15)2–404:04 NYI · 
Steven Rice (5)Andrei Nikolishin (6)2–506:07 HFD
Derek King (4)Patrick Flatley (3), Marty Mcinnis (8)3–509:27 NYI · 
Glen Wesley (5)Robert Kron (7), Jeff O'Neill (4)3–611:49 HFD · - Ziggy Palffy (10)Mathieu Schneider (16), Jason Herter (1)4–616:57 NYI ·
3rd period
Jeff O'Neill (4)Glen Featherstone (5)4–702:50 HFD
Team stats
NYIHFD
3434
0%0%
3/103/8
2731
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Geoff Sanderson · holding2 min - 3:15 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · tripping2 min
- 3:15 into the first period
Andrei Vasilyev · diving2 min - 4:04 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:45 into the first periodMark Janssens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:45 into the first periodMick Vukota · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 5:58 into the first periodDean Chynoweth · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:57 into the first periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 7:57 into the first periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 14:56 into the first periodAndrei Nikolishin · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:15 into the first periodAdam Burt · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:15 into the first periodDerek King · diving2 min
- 19:03 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · slashing2 min
- 2:24 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · tripping2 min
- 6:14 into the second periodChris Luongo · cross checking2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping2 min
- 11:21 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · high sticking2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodJamie McLennan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 13:46 into the second periodBrent Severyn · boarding2 min
- 16:34 into the second periodKelly Chase · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:37 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · tripping obstruction2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodAlexander Semak · roughing2 min
- 10:54 into the third periodBob Sweeney · high sticking2 min
- 16:37 into the third periodBrian Glynn · tripping obstruction2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
- 17:25 into the third periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Andrei VasilyevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Jason HerterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Micah AivazoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Dean ChynowethD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | L | 23 | 6 | .739 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 11 | 1 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jocelyn LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 34 | 4 | .882 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |