Hartford Whalers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Hartford Whalers 6–0 on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Whalers 32–21.
Goals came from Ray Sheppard, Tom Fitzgerald, Gord Murphy, Bill Lindsay, Mike Hough and Per Gustafsson.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 21 saves on 21 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Sheppard (1)Per Gustafsson (1), Stu Barnes (1)0–110:11 FLA
Tom Fitzgerald (2)Unassisted0–210:48 FLA
2nd period
Gord Murphy (1)Stu Barnes (2), Ray Sheppard (1)0–306:48 FLA
Bill Lindsay (1)Scott Mellanby (2), Rob Niedermayer (1)0–414:40 FLA
3rd period
Mike Hough (1)Robert Svehla (1), Scott Mellanby (3)0–501:01 FLA
Per Gustafsson (1)Radek Dvorak (1), Stu Barnes (3)0–607:12 FLA ·
Team stats
HFDFLA
2132
0%0%
0/21/3
1614
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 17:13 into the first period
Ed Jovanovski · fighting5 min - 17:13 into the first period
Mark Janssens · fighting5 min - 18:53 into the first periodKeith Primeau · interference2 min
- 5:55 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 5:55 into the second periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 5:12 into the third periodRobert Svehla · slashing2 min
- 5:15 into the third periodKeith Primeau · tripping2 min
- 13:06 into the third periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodKeith Primeau · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 19 | 4 | .789 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 13 | 2 | .846 |
Florida Panthers
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 4Per GustafssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 21 | 0 | 1.000 |