New York Islanders vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 30, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Saturday, March 30, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Islanders 32–26.
Goals came from Sami Kapanen, Ziggy Palffy, Andrei Nikolishin and Brendan Shanahan.
Sean Burke made 25 saves on 26 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Sami Kapanen (5)Paul Ranheim (19), Andrei Nikolishin (31)0–117:34 HFD
Ziggy Palffy (39)Marty Mcinnis (28), Travis Green (41)1–119:12 NYI ·
3rd period
Andrei Nikolishin (14)Sami Kapanen (4), Paul Ranheim (20)1–217:00 HFD
Brendan Shanahan (40)Jeff O'Neill (18)1–318:56 HFD
Team stats
NYIHFD
2632
0%0%
1/40/4
1515
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:08 into the first period
Kelly Chase · roughing2 min - 7:08 into the first period
Jason Strudwick · roughing2 min - 8:47 into the first periodAdam Burt · holding2 min
- 10:48 into the first periodZiggy Palffy · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:02 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · elbowing2 min
- 17:40 into the first periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 17:40 into the first periodJason Strudwick · fighting5 min
- 18:54 into the first periodGerald Diduck · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodAdam Burt · interference obstruction2 min
- 13:33 into the second periodPatrick Flatley · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:55 into the second periodSteven Rice · charging2 min
- 3:07 into the third periodDerek Armstrong · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Pat ConacherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Patrick FlatleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 34Jarrett DeulingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris LuongoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 36Jason StrudwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 26 | 1 | .962 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |