Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Thursday, November 7, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, November 7, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Capitals 32–26.
Goals came from Scott Mellanby, Ray Sheppard, Peter Bondra, Ed Jovanovski, Tom Fitzgerald and Brendan Witt.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (6)Gord Murphy (6), Johan Garpenlov (7)0–111:30 FLA
Ray Sheppard (4)Robert Svehla (4), Johan Garpenlov (8)0–216:39 FLA · 
Peter Bondra (5)Mike Eagles (2)1–218:06 WSH ·
2nd period
Ed Jovanovski (2)Dave Lowry (2), Martin Straka (2)1–313:39 FLA
3rd period
Tom Fitzgerald (4)Radek Dvorak (2), Robert Svehla (5)1–401:07 FLA
Brendan Witt (2)Calle Johansson (5), Jason Allison (6)2–402:57 WSH
Team stats
WSHFLA
2632
0%0%
0/51/5
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 14:09 into the first period
Brad Smyth · holding2 min - 16:07 into the first period
Craig Berube · slashing2 min - 16:07 into the first periodPhil Housley · hooking2 min
- 5:26 into the second periodKelly Miller · interference2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodDave Lowry · roughing2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodMark Tinordi · charging2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 10:29 into the second periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
- 16:30 into the second periodGord Murphy · tripping2 min
- 18:11 into the second periodAndrew Brunette · interference2 min
- 9:35 into the third periodTom Fitzgerald · holding the stick2 min
- 15:48 into the third periodMike Hough · charging2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.