Florida Panthers vs Philadelphia Flyers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 10, 1996 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Florida Panthers 5–4 on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Panthers 29–22.
Goals came from Joel Otto, Scott Daniels, Ray Sheppard, Eric Desjardins, John LeClair, Jason Podollan, Eric Lindros, Martin Straka and Scott Mellanby.
Ron Hextall made 18 saves on 22 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 24 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Joel Otto (4)Unassisted0–107:53 PHI
Scott Daniels (5)John Druce (2)0–210:56 PHI
2nd period
Ray Sheppard (13)Martin Straka (10)1–204:04 FLA · 
Eric Desjardins (5)Joel Otto (7), Pat Falloon (7)1–305:19 PHI
John LeClair (16)Mikael Renberg (16), Eric Lindros (5)1–415:48 PHI
3rd period
Jason Podollan (1)Jody Hull (1), Ray Sheppard (11)2–411:32 FLA · 
Eric Lindros (2)John LeClair (12), Janne Niinimaa (11)2–512:17 PHI
Martin Straka (2)Dave Lowry (8), Robert Svehla (12)3–512:43 FLA
Scott Mellanby (11)Robert Svehla (13)4–518:13 FLA ·
Team stats
FLAPHI
2229
0%0%
3/60/5
4042
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Scott Mellanby · high sticking2 min - 3:02 into the first periodScott Mellanby · high sticking2 min
- 14:21 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · hooking2 min - 3:31 into the second periodJohn LeClair · charging2 min
- 5:58 into the second periodJohn Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 8:29 into the second periodKevin Haller · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:43 into the second periodBill Lindsay · boarding2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
- 16:29 into the second periodPetr Svoboda · holding2 min
- 6:51 into the third periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 6:51 into the third periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
- 7:17 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · fighting5 min
- 7:17 into the third periodDaniel Lacroix · fighting5 min
- 7:38 into the third periodTerry Carkner · elbowing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodDave Lowry · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodPaul Laus · misconduct10 min
- 10:04 into the third periodRobert Svehla · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodRadek Dvorak · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodRod Brind'Amour · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodKjell Samuelsson · misconduct10 min
- 10:04 into the third periodKarl Dykhuis · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodTrent Klatt · roughing2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodMikael Renberg · roughing2 min
- 11:14 into the third periodEric Desjardins · interference2 min
- 17:57 into the third periodEric Desjardins · interference2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason PodollanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 29 | 5 | .828 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 29Joel OttoC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 15Pat FalloonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mikael RenbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 22Scott DanielsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 24Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | W | 22 | 4 | .818 |
| 30Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |