Florida Panthers vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Wednesday, December 11, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Wednesday, December 11, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Panthers 31-30.
Keith Primeau scored twice. Bill Lindsay, Dave Lowry, Gerald Diduck, Paul Coffey and Steven Rice also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Mark Fitzpatrick stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Bill Lindsay (6)Radek Dvorak (8)1–000:32 FLA
Dave Lowry (7)Ray Sheppard (12), Martin Straka (11)2–017:23 FLA
3rd period
Keith Primeau (9)Gerald Diduck (4), Nelson Emerson (8)2–100:34 HFD- Keith Primeau (10)Steven Rice (6), Nelson Emerson (9)2–205:42 HFD
Gerald Diduck (1)Jeff O'Neill (8)2–306:32 HFD
Paul Coffey (3)Mark Janssens (2), Kevin Dineen (12)2–417:33 HFD
Steven Rice (5)Paul Coffey (5)2–518:14 HFD · EN
Team stats
FLAHFD
30Shots on goal31
0%Faceoff %0%
0/1Power play0/3
19Penalty minutes17
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 02:27
Paul Laus · fighting5 min - 1st 02:27
Stu Grimson · fighting5 min - 1st 16:07Robert Svehla · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 05:15Tom Fitzgerald · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 06:52Paul Coffey · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 10:41Chris Wells · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 14:57Terry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:57Nelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:25Ed Jovanovski · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 18:25Adam Burt · interference obstruction2 min
- 3rd 20:00Mark Fitzpatrick · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 20:00Mark Fitzpatrick · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3rd 20:00Stu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Stu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 20:00Jason Muzzatti · goalie leave crease2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 10Dave LowryL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason PodollanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 4Per GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | L | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:30 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 30 | 28 | 2 | .933 | 60:00 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |