Tampa Bay Lightning vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, October 22, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 6–3 on Tuesday, October 22, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 29–16.
Ziggy Palffy scored twice and Brian Bradley scored twice. Alexander Selivanov, Patrick Poulin, John Cullen, Dino Ciccarelli and Andreas Johansson also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Selivanov (3)Drew Bannister (2), Rob Zamuner (6)1–000:53 TBL
Patrick Poulin (1)John Cullen (2), Shawn Burr (4)2–002:32 TBL
Ziggy Palffy (2)Unassisted2–111:35 NYI · 
John Cullen (3)Patrick Poulin (1), Shawn Burr (5)3–113:49 TBL
Dino Ciccarelli (5)John Cullen (3), Brian Bradley (3)4–118:55 TBL ·
2nd period
Brian Bradley (4)Roman Hamrlik (3), John Cullen (4)5–110:27 TBL · 
Andreas Johansson (2)Marty Mcinnis (1)5–212:08 NYI- Ziggy Palffy (3)Todd Bertuzzi (2), Kenny Jonsson (2)5–319:36 NYI
3rd period
- Brian Bradley (5)Roman Hamrlik (4)6–319:59 TBL · ·
Team stats
TBLNYI
2916
0%0%
2/31/3
1828
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:38 into the first period
Randy Wood · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 4:38 into the first period
Jason Wiemer · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 8:26 into the first periodBryan McCabe · instigator2 min
- 8:26 into the first periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 8:26 into the first periodBryan McCabe · misconduct10 min
- 8:26 into the first periodChris Gratton · fighting5 min
- 9:37 into the first periodAaron Gavey · hooking2 min
- 17:23 into the first periodKenny Jonsson · holding2 min
- 3:43 into the second periodAaron Gavey · tripping2 min
- 6:34 into the second periodDerek Armstrong · fighting5 min
- 6:34 into the second periodDrew Bannister · fighting5 min
- 9:11 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · charging2 min
- 18:08 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.