Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Wednesday, January 17, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Wednesday, January 17, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Whalers 42–20.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice and Robert Kron scored twice. Mathieu Schneider, Jeff Brown, Kevin Dineen, Brendan Shanahan and Geoff Sanderson also scored.
Sean Burke made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 9 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Mathieu Schneider (5)Travis Green (22), Ziggy Palffy (23)0–100:37 NYI · 
Jeff Brown (3)Andrei Nikolishin (11)1–106:16 HFD · 
Kevin Dineen (2)Andrei Nikolishin (12)2–115:29 HFD
2nd period
Brendan Shanahan (21)Unassisted3–101:03 HFD
Ziggy Palffy (16)Travis Green (23), Mathieu Schneider (23)3–208:11 NYI · 
Robert Kron (12)Brad McCrimmon (3), Sean Burke (6)4–213:25 HFD- Robert Kron (13)Andrei Nikolishin (13)5–215:34 HFD
3rd period
- Ziggy Palffy (17)Wendel Clark (7), Mathieu Schneider (24)5–310:36 NYI
Geoff Sanderson (18)Nelson Emerson (15), Andrew Cassels (23)6–319:30 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDNYI
2042
0%0%
1/32/4
1210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:25 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · interference obstruction2 min - 6:13 into the first period
Rich Pilon · hooking2 min - 13:39 into the first periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
- 13:39 into the first periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 7:24 into the second periodKelly Chase · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:24 into the second periodBrent Severyn · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodScott Daniels · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 19:51 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · boarding2 min
- 11:18 into the third periodGlen Wesley · kneeing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 2 | 3 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Danton ColeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 4 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 8 | 3 | .625 | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 11 | 2 | .818 |