Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, December 28, 1995 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Florida Panthers 5–4 on Thursday, December 28, 1995 at Miami Arena. The Capitals outshot the Panthers 27–25.
Jesse Belanger scored twice. Jason Woolley, Michal Pivonka, Peter Bondra, Bill Lindsay, Ken Klee, Sergei Gonchar and Pat Peake also scored.
Jim Carey made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Woolley (5)Brian Skrudland (15), Radek Dvorak (7)0–104:16 FLA
Michal Pivonka (3)Peter Bondra (12), Calle Johansson (10)1–112:08 WSH
2nd period
Peter Bondra (20)Sylvain Cote (13), Sergei Gonchar (7)2–102:49 WSH · 
Bill Lindsay (5)Jody Hull (14)2–213:55 FLA
Jesse Belanger (12)Robert Svehla (23), Jason Woolley (11)2–319:39 FLA ·
3rd period
- Jesse Belanger (13)Scott Mellanby (20), Johan Garpenlov (10)2–406:37 FLA
Ken Klee (7)Unassisted3–411:37 WSH
Sergei Gonchar (7)Peter Bondra (13), Michal Pivonka (27)4–413:10 WSH
Pat Peake (8)Calle Johansson (11), Joe Juneau (19)5–416:26 WSH
Team stats
WSHFLA
2725
0%0%
1/21/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:47 into the first period
Geoff Smith · hooking2 min - 11:47 into the first period
Kevin Kaminski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 13:55 into the first periodMichal Pivonka · hooking2 min
- 17:25 into the first periodScott Mellanby · holding obstruction2 min
- 0:56 into the second periodRobert Svehla · tripping2 min
- 5:47 into the second periodKen Klee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodJason Woolley · high sticking2 min
- 18:49 into the second periodJoe Reekie · cross checking2 min
- 7:06 into the third periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 7:06 into the third periodKevin Kaminski · fighting5 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 12Peter BondraR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Sergei GoncharD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Pat PeakeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Ken KleeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 9Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Kevin KaminskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 34Martin GendronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Jim JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Jim CareyG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | L | 27 | 5 | .815 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |