New Jersey Devils vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, March 23, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the New York Islanders 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 23, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Devils outshot the Islanders 43–27.
Goals came from Ziggy Palffy, Bobby Holik, Alexander Semak, Stephane Richer and Steve Thomas.
Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 40 of 43.
Scoring
2nd period
Ziggy Palffy (37)Travis Green (40)0–100:54 NYI
3rd period
Bobby Holik (10)Reid Simpson (4), Randy Mckay (7)1–103:56 NJD
Alexander Semak (20)Niklas Andersson (10), Patrick Flatley (8)1–207:54 NYI
Stephane Richer (16)Kevin Dean (5), Steve Sullivan (3)2–214:53 NJD
Overtime
Steve Thomas (25)Bill Guerin (26)3–203:38 NJD
Team stats
NJDNYI
4327
0%0%
0/30/5
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:34 into the first period
Bobby Holik · roughing2 min - 13:10 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 17:43 into the first periodBrent Severyn · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:49 into the second periodPhil Housley · interference obstruction2 min
- 3:40 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · holding obstruction2 min
- 8:10 into the second periodKen Daneyko · high sticking2 min
- 14:55 into the second periodBobby Holik · tripping2 min
- 5:44 into the third periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodBill Guerin · charging2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodDarby Hendrickson · slashing2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodBobby Holik · roughing2 min
- 13:20 into the third periodTravis Green · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Steve SullivanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 33Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Stephane RicherR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 35Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Michael MacwilliamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 43 | 3 | .930 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |