Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1996 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 6–1 on Wednesday, January 31, 1996 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 34–28.
Brad May scored twice. Randy Burridge, Garry Galley, Ed Jovanovski, Jason Dawe and Pat LaFontaine also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 22 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Randy Burridge (16)Matthew Barnaby (9), Michael Peca (10)0–103:07 BUF
Garry Galley (7)Pat LaFontaine (28), Michael Peca (11)0–205:36 BUF · 
Brad May (11)Jason Dawe (15), Pat LaFontaine (29)0–313:22 BUF
2nd period
Ed Jovanovski (5)Jason Woolley (16)1–302:32 FLA ·
3rd period
Jason Dawe (12)Brad May (16), Pat LaFontaine (30)1–410:30 BUF- Brad May (12)Alexei Zhitnik (20), Randy Burridge (20)1–513:52 BUF ·
Pat LaFontaine (21)Jason Dawe (16), Charlie Huddy (4)1–618:56 BUF
Team stats
FLABUF
3428
0%0%
1/62/4
3337
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:01 into the first period
Geoff Smith · holding2 min - 5:19 into the first periodTom Fitzgerald · tripping2 min
- 6:33 into the first period
Randy Burridge · hooking obstruction2 min - 7:49 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 11:07 into the first periodPat LaFontaine · hooking2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
- 14:57 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 16:51 into the first periodScott Mellanby · interference obstruction2 min
- 1:24 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · tripping2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodYuri Khmylev · roughing2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodMark Fitzpatrick · slashing2 min
- 17:17 into the second periodGarry Galley · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 5:09 into the third periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 12:55 into the third periodStu Barnes · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:44 into the third periodDave Hannan · holding2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodDominik Hasek · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · charging2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
- 17:27 into the third periodMark Fitzpatrick · goalie leave crease2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodMark Fitzpatrick · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 17:27 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · misconduct10 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | L | 28 | 6 | .786 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John BlueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |