Florida Panthers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 2, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Florida Panthers 7–1 on Saturday, March 2, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Panthers outshot the Whalers 34–28.
Brendan Shanahan scored twice and Geoff Sanderson scored a hat trick. Robert Svehla, Nelson Emerson and Sami Kapanen also scored.
Sean Burke made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 20 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brendan Shanahan (32)Nelson Emerson (23), Jeff O'Neill (15)0–105:44 HFD ·
2nd period
Robert Svehla (6)Jason Woolley (23), Scott Mellanby (32)1–106:15 FLA · 
Geoff Sanderson (26)Glen Wesley (11), Andrew Cassels (33)1–207:17 HFD
Nelson Emerson (23)Andrew Cassels (34), Jeff Brown (33)1–316:46 HFD ·
3rd period
- Geoff Sanderson (27)Brendan Shanahan (25), Brian Glynn (4)1–406:09 HFD ·
- Brendan Shanahan (33)Nelson Emerson (24)1–509:23 HFD
- Geoff Sanderson (28)Andrew Cassels (35), Steven Rice (10)1–610:00 HFD
Sami Kapanen (4)Andrei Nikolishin (24), Paul Ranheim (14)1–711:29 HFD
Team stats
FLAHFD
3428
0%0%
1/83/4
1927
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Geoff Sanderson · tripping2 min - 4:28 into the first period
Tom Fitzgerald · interference obstruction2 min - 5:54 into the first periodSteven Rice · hooking obstruction2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodScott Daniels · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:06 into the first periodMike Hough · roughing2 min
- 15:06 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 15:06 into the first periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 15:37 into the first periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 15:37 into the first periodNelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 2:26 into the second periodPaul Ranheim · tripping obstruction2 min
- 6:07 into the second periodSean Burke · slashing2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodGord Murphy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodMark Janssens · roughing2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodMark Janssens · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodJohan Garpenlov · holding the stick2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · cross checking2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodNelson Emerson · slashing2 min
- 3:35 into the third periodSean Burke · delaying game2 min
- 4:16 into the third periodRob Niedermayer · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:17 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 27 | 7 | .741 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 34 | 1 | .971 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |