New York Islanders vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 1996 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 4–1 on Saturday, December 14, 1996 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Islanders 36–18.
Chris Gratton scored twice. Paul Kruse, Shawn Burr and Alexander Selivanov also scored.
Rick Tabaracci made 17 saves on 18 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Paul Kruse (3)Derek Armstrong (4), Ziggy Palffy (17)1–010:09 NYI
2nd period
Chris Gratton (9)John Cullen (18), Roman Hamrlik (11)1–116:28 TBL ·
3rd period
Shawn Burr (7)Unassisted1–202:38 TBL
Alexander Selivanov (8)Rob Zamuner (14)1–303:29 TBL- Chris Gratton (10)Rob Zamuner (15)1–417:21 TBL
Team stats
NYITBL
1836
0%0%
0/31/6
2418
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:41 into the first period
Derek Armstrong · roughing2 min - 3:21 into the first periodMarty Mcinnis · holding the stick2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodBench · abuse of officials2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodRich Pilon · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodBryan Berard · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the first period
Rob Zamuner · holding2 min - 6:14 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodBrantt Myhres · roughing2 min
- 6:14 into the first periodDaymond Langkow · roughing2 min
- 12:54 into the first periodBryan McCabe · interference2 min
- 4:53 into the second periodAlexander Selivanov · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 13:07 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 14:58 into the second periodKenny Jonsson · slashing2 min
- 18:21 into the second periodDoug Houda · hooking obstruction2 min
- 0:25 into the third periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 0:25 into the third periodChris Gratton · holding the stick2 min
- 6:10 into the third periodScott Lachance · high sticking2 min
- 10:36 into the third periodChris Gratton · slashing2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodBrent Hughes · roughing2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodShawn Burr · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 18 | 1 | .944 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |