New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, March 21, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Thursday, March 21, 1996 at Miami Arena.
Ray Sheppard scored a hat trick. Dan Plante and Todd Bertuzzi also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 31 of 34.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (30)Unassisted0–101:31 FLA
Dan Plante (5)Bryan McCabe (15), Jarrett Deuling (1)1–101:43 NYI
2nd period
- Ray Sheppard (31)Jason Woolley (26), Johan Garpenlov (22)1–206:48 FLA ·
Todd Bertuzzi (14)Ziggy Palffy (39), Scott Lachance (9)2–209:41 NYI · - Ray Sheppard (32)Johan Garpenlov (23), Rob Niedermayer (29)2–317:51 FLA ·
Team stats
NYIFLA
3434
0%0%
1/52/6
1715
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:09 into the first period
Travis Green · tripping2 min - 11:14 into the first period
Paul Laus · interference2 min - 14:57 into the first periodJarrett Deuling · slashing2 min
- 0:25 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 0:25 into the second periodMichael Macwilliam · fighting5 min
- 6:15 into the second periodBryan McCabe · holding the stick2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodGord Murphy · roughing2 min
- 8:51 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodBryan McCabe · slashing2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodRobert Svehla · roughing2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodScott Lachance · cross checking2 min
- 12:33 into the third periodJohan Garpenlov · interference2 min
- 14:30 into the third periodBill Lindsay · slashing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Michael MacwilliamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 26Ray SheppardR | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 34 | 2 | .941 |