Los Angeles Kings vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Wednesday, November 20, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–1 on Wednesday, November 20, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Kings 29–28.
Goals came from Brian Skrudland, Scott Mellanby, Ray Ferraro, Dave Lowry and Jody Hull.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 25 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Skrudland (3)Scott Mellanby (10), Bill Lindsay (8)0–119:22 FLA
2nd period
Scott Mellanby (9)Martin Straka (5), Robert Svehla (8)0–203:33 FLA · 
Ray Ferraro (8)Mattias Norstrom (8), Dmitri Khristich (15)1–219:29 LAK ·
3rd period
Dave Lowry (6)Ed Jovanovski (9), Ray Sheppard (9)1–306:17 FLA
Jody Hull (2)Per Gustafsson (5), Radek Dvorak (4)1–411:34 FLA
Team stats
LAKFLA
2829
0%0%
1/51/4
810
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:34 into the first period
Sean O'Donnell · tripping2 min - 20:00 into the first period
Mike Hough · high sticking2 min - 3:15 into the second periodSteven Finn · tripping2 min
- 7:38 into the second periodMattias Norstrom · holding2 min
- 11:46 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · interference2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodPaul Laus · holding the stick2 min
- 13:01 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · tripping2 min
- 15:34 into the third periodSean O'Donnell · elbowing2 min
- 18:04 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · cross checking2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Craig JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 29 | 4 | .862 |
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Per GustafssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |