Hartford Whalers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Monday, April 1, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Monday, April 1, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Whalers 32–27.
Goals came from Andrew Cassels, Robert Svehla, Scott Mellanby, Ray Sheppard and Adam Burt.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Andrew Cassels (19)Brendan Shanahan (31), Jeff Brown (41)1–019:55 HFD ·
2nd period
Robert Svehla (8)Ray Sheppard (23), Martin Straka (29)1–103:01 FLA · 
Scott Mellanby (30)Rob Niedermayer (31), Johan Garpenlov (25)1–206:35 FLA · 
Ray Sheppard (35)Martin Straka (30), Gilbert Dionne (2)1–314:49 FLA
3rd period
Adam Burt (4)Scott Daniels (4), Mark Janssens (7)2–314:12 HFD
Team stats
HFDFLA
2732
0%0%
1/42/5
3119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:48 into the first period
Robert Svehla · tripping2 min - 4:23 into the first period
Glen Wesley · high sticking2 min - 19:04 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 2:35 into the second periodAndrew Cassels · hooking2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 4:09 into the second periodScott Daniels · roughing2 min
- 5:09 into the second periodBrad McCrimmon · cross checking2 min
- 9:13 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 9:13 into the second periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
- 10:26 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodScott Daniels · roughing2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodScott Daniels · misconduct10 min
- 16:21 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding the stick2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodGord Murphy · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodBill Lindsay · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · roughing2 min
- 13:29 into the third periodJeff O'Neill · roughing2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Gilbert DionneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 9Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Magnus SvenssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |