Florida Panthers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 6, 1996 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 5–2 on Sunday, October 6, 1996 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Panthers 36–29.
Brian Skrudland scored twice and Rob Niedermayer scored twice. Niklas Sundstrom, Patrick Flatley and Scott Mellanby also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Skrudland (1)Tom Fitzgerald (1), Paul Laus (1)1–005:41 FLA
Rob Niedermayer (1)Gord Murphy (1)2–007:37 FLA
2nd period
Niklas Sundstrom (1)Bruce Driver (1), Wayne Gretzky (1)2–112:33 NYR ·
3rd period
Patrick Flatley (1)Brian Leetch (1), Adam Graves (1)2–205:24 NYR- Brian Skrudland (2)Bill Lindsay (3)3–206:20 FLA
Scott Mellanby (2)Gord Murphy (2)4–217:03 FLA- Rob Niedermayer (2)Johan Garpenlov (1), Scott Mellanby (1)5–217:46 FLA
Team stats
FLANYR
2936
0%0%
0/41/5
2930
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:37 into the first period
Robert Svehla · interference obstruction2 min - 14:12 into the first periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 14:12 into the first period
Adam Graves · elbowing2 min - 15:33 into the first periodBill Lindsay · high sticking2 min
- 18:36 into the first periodDoug Lidster · hooking2 min
- 1:39 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodRhett Warrener · instigator2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 4:03 into the second periodRhett Warrener · misconduct10 min
- 4:03 into the second periodJeff Beukeboom · fighting5 min
- 7:14 into the second periodBruce Driver · interference2 min
- 12:01 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · delaying game2 min
- 17:46 into the second periodMark Messier · checking from behind5 min
- 17:46 into the second periodMark Messier · game misconduct10 min
- 8:22 into the third periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTom Fitzgerald · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.