Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, January 25, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 6–2 on Thursday, January 25, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 26–23.
Martin Rucinsky scored a hat trick and Rob Niedermayer scored twice. Mark Recchi, Vincent Damphousse and Pierre Turgeon also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Martin Rucinsky (11)Andrei Kovalenko (17), Vincent Damphousse (24)1–009:01 MTL · 
Rob Niedermayer (17)Scott Mellanby (25), Robert Svehla (29)1–110:37 FLA · - Martin Rucinsky (12)Vincent Damphousse (25), Pierre Turgeon (33)2–113:59 MTL ·
Mark Recchi (13)Pierre Turgeon (34)3–115:56 MTL
2nd period
Vincent Damphousse (20)Vladimir Malakhov (10)4–105:02 MTL · - Martin Rucinsky (13)Vincent Damphousse (26)5–112:48 MTL
- Rob Niedermayer (18)Jesse Belanger (13), Scott Mellanby (26)5–214:31 FLA ·
3rd period
Pierre Turgeon (22)Andrei Kovalenko (18)6–203:59 MTL
Team stats
MTLFLA
2326
0%0%
2/42/5
1220
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:56 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · hooking2 min - 9:35 into the first period
Stephane Quintal · interference2 min - 11:33 into the first periodPierre Turgeon · tripping2 min
- 13:15 into the first periodJohan Garpenlov · holding obstruction2 min
- 14:32 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
- 15:14 into the first periodRobert Svehla · holding2 min
- 15:56 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · misconduct10 min
- 4:20 into the second periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodMark Recchi · hooking2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodScott Mellanby · tripping2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 12:00 into the third periodDonald Brashear · boarding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.