Florida Panthers vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, February 3, 1996 · Thunderdome

FloridaPanthersAway

5–3

Final

SOG 24–29

Tampa BayLightningHome

Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday, February 3, 1996 at Thunderdome. The Lightning outshot the Panthers 29-24.

Goals came from Scott Mellanby, Bill Houlder, Rob Zamuner, Geoff Smith, Stu Barnes, Tom Fitzgerald, John Cullen and Robert Svehla.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
FLA	1	3	1	5	24
TBL	0	2	1	3	29

Scoring

1st period

Scott Mellanby (25)Robert Svehla (31)1–000:42 FLA

2nd period

Bill Houlder (3)Brian Bradley (36), Brian Bellows (15)1–104:44 TBL · PPG
Rob Zamuner (9)Unassisted1–207:00 TBL · SHG
Geoff Smith (2)Jesse Belanger (14), Radek Dvorak (12)2–209:00 FLA · PPG
Stu Barnes (14)Unassisted3–211:50 FLA · PPG
Tom Fitzgerald (11)Unassisted4–217:42 FLA

3rd period

John Cullen (9)David Shaw (4), Alexander Selivanov (14)4–308:57 TBL
Robert Svehla (5)Jason Woolley (18), Stu Barnes (21)5–313:19 FLA · PPG

Team stats

FLATBL

24Shots on goal29

0%Faceoff %0%

3/7Power play1/5

31Penalty minutes58

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 10:27Roman Hamrlik · cross checking2 min
1st 12:40Petr Klima · tripping obstruction2 min
1st 12:52Johan Garpenlov · tripping2 min
1st 15:24Bill Lindsay · fighting5 min
1st 15:24David Shaw · fighting5 min
1st 15:54Chris Gratton · hooking2 min
2nd 02:56Terry Carkner · roughing2 min
2nd 04:55John Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
2nd 05:34Brian Bradley · cross checking2 min
2nd 05:34Brian Bradley · slashing2 min
2nd 05:34Brian Bradley · misconduct10 min
2nd 07:46Rob Niedermayer · roughing2 min
2nd 07:46Shawn Burr · roughing2 min
2nd 10:21Rudy Poeschek · roughing2 min
2nd 12:19Bill Lindsay · high sticking2 min
2nd 12:19Michel Petit · high sticking2 min
2nd 19:20Robert Svehla · roughing2 min
2nd 19:20Rob Niedermayer · misconduct10 min
2nd 19:20Petr Klima · roughing2 min
2nd 19:20Michel Petit · misconduct10 min
3rd 06:54Ed Jovanovski · interference obstruction2 min
3rd 12:41Shawn Burr · spearing5 min
3rd 12:41Shawn Burr · game misconduct10 min
3rd 16:05Jason Woolley · slashing2 min

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