New York Islanders vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Thursday, December 5, 1996 · Miami Arena

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2–4

Final

SOG 42–36

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 4-2 on Thursday, December 5, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Islanders outshot the Panthers 42-36.

Goals came from Brent Hughes, Bryan Smolinski, Scott Mellanby, Ray Sheppard, Robert Svehla and Mike Hough.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYI	1	1	0	2	42
FLA	0	2	2	4	36

Scoring

1st period

Brent Hughes (3)Unassisted1–007:26 NYI

2nd period

Bryan Smolinski (2)Scott Lachance (2)2–000:44 NYI
Scott Mellanby (10)Ed Jovanovski (10), Radek Dvorak (7)2–110:03 FLA · PPG
Ray Sheppard (12)Robert Svehla (11)2–216:21 FLA

3rd period

Robert Svehla (5)Martin Straka (9), Dave Lowry (7)2–303:13 FLA
Mike Hough (4)Ed Jovanovski (11), Tom Fitzgerald (6)2–405:55 FLA

Team stats

NYIFLA

42Shots on goal36

0%Faceoff %0%

0/3Power play1/2

14Penalty minutes16

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 11:03Bryan Berard · holding2 min
1st 16:41Ed Jovanovski · roughing2 min
2nd 01:17Rhett Warrener · fighting5 min
2nd 01:17Brent Hughes · fighting5 min
2nd 02:11Paul Laus · fighting5 min
2nd 02:11Paul Kruse · fighting5 min
2nd 08:04Bryan McCabe · hooking2 min
3rd 00:40Paul Laus · slashing2 min
3rd 19:19Per Gustafsson · hooking2 min

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