Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Sunday, December 15, 1996 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6–3 on Sunday, December 15, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Oilers outshot the Panthers 28–23.
Goals came from Tom Fitzgerald, Scott Mellanby, Radek Dvorak, Miroslav Satan, Mike Grier, Mariusz Czerkawski, Bill Lindsay, Gord Murphy and Ed Jovanovski.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 15 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Tom Fitzgerald (6)Mike Hough (2), Brian Skrudland (10)0–101:31 FLA
Scott Mellanby (12)Robert Svehla (14), Radek Dvorak (9)0–208:24 FLA
Radek Dvorak (6)Unassisted0–311:12 FLA · 
Miroslav Satan (9)Andrei Kovalenko (14), Jason Arnott (18)1–315:21 EDM
Mike Grier (4)Mats Lindgren (5), Rem Murray (10)2–317:13 EDM
Mariusz Czerkawski (13)Doug Weight (21), Ryan Smyth (12)3–318:38 EDM
2nd period
Bill Lindsay (7)Tom Fitzgerald (7)3–407:22 FLA · 
Gord Murphy (3)Martin Straka (12), Scott Mellanby (15)3–511:47 FLA
3rd period
Ed Jovanovski (4)Martin Straka (13), Ray Sheppard (13)3–602:30 FLA
Team stats
EDMFLA
2823
0%0%
0/71/5
2519
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:18 into the first period
Bryan Marchment · slashing2 min - 2:36 into the first period
Ray Sheppard · interference2 min - 9:33 into the first periodKevin Lowe · tripping2 min
- 15:57 into the first periodKelly Buchberger · fighting5 min
- 15:57 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 2:52 into the second periodBench · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 3:31 into the second periodDave Lowry · hooking2 min
- 4:11 into the second periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
- 6:04 into the second periodPaul Laus · high sticking2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodBill Lindsay · charging2 min
- 9:40 into the second periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 17:01 into the second periodRhett Warrener · tripping2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodJason Arnott · misconduct10 min
- 14:56 into the third periodTerry Carkner · slashing2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 7Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 14Mats LindgrenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike GrierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Kelly BuchbergerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Boris MironovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 8Michel PetitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | – |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bob EssensaG | L | 18 | 3 | .833 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 5 | 3 | .400 |
Florida Panthers
| 19Radek DvorakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jason PodollanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |