Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, October 23, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 5–2 on Wednesday, October 23, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Senators outshot the Panthers 38–32.
Goals came from Ed Jovanovski, Per Gustafsson, Alexei Yashin, Martin Straka, Robert Svehla, Rob Niedermayer and Daniel Alfredsson.
Mark Fitzpatrick made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Ed Jovanovski (1)Stu Barnes (6), Terry Carkner (1)0–104:44 FLA · 
Per Gustafsson (2)Brian Skrudland (3), Robert Svehla (2)0–211:48 FLA
Alexei Yashin (6)Steve Duchesne (4), Daniel Alfredsson (7)1–218:46 OTT ·
3rd period
Martin Straka (1)Robert Svehla (3), Stu Barnes (7)1–304:27 FLA · 
Robert Svehla (1)Bill Lindsay (5), Per Gustafsson (2)1–406:41 FLA
Rob Niedermayer (3)Ed Jovanovski (2), Paul Laus (2)1–513:25 FLA · 
Daniel Alfredsson (3)Jason York (3), Wade Redden (2)2–517:28 OTT ·
Team stats
OTTFLA
3832
0%0%
2/63/5
2022
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:51 into the first period
Radek Bonk · interference2 min - 3:26 into the second periodDave Hannan · hooking2 min
- 9:41 into the second period
Per Gustafsson · interference2 min - 12:28 into the second periodPaul Laus · interference2 min
- 12:35 into the second periodAndreas Dackell · interference2 min
- 17:16 into the second periodScott Mellanby · high sticking2 min
- 18:31 into the second periodBill Lindsay · holding the stick2 min
- 3:29 into the third periodJanne Laukkanen · interference2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodFrantisek Musil · interference2 min
- 13:37 into the third periodTerry Carkner · tripping2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodDave Lowry · roughing2 min
- 16:27 into the third periodDave Lowry · fighting5 min
- 16:27 into the third periodLance Pitlick · fighting5 min
- 19:34 into the third periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 19:34 into the third periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |
Florida Panthers
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Per GustafssonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |