Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Thursday, December 19, 1996 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Thursday, December 19, 1996 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Panthers 32–22.
Goals came from Radek Dvorak, Bruce Gardiner, Daniel Alfredsson, Dave Hannan, Alexei Yashin, Johan Garpenlov and Denny Lambert.
Damian Rhodes made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Radek Dvorak (7)Bill Lindsay (11), Scott Mellanby (16)1–001:52 FLA
2nd period
Bruce Gardiner (5)Andreas Dackell (5), Steve Duchesne (14)1–109:39 OTT
Daniel Alfredsson (12)Alexandre Daigle (10), Alexei Yashin (13)1–216:11 OTT · 
Dave Hannan (2)Shaun Van Allen (6)1–317:06 OTT · 
Alexei Yashin (13)Daniel Alfredsson (18), Damian Rhodes (1)1–419:44 OTT
3rd period
Johan Garpenlov (5)Jody Hull (2), Chris Wells (2)2–403:13 FLA
Denny Lambert (2)Wade Redden (9), Andreas Dackell (6)2–519:09 OTT ·
Team stats
FLAOTT
2232
0%0%
0/41/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:11 into the first period
Bruce Gardiner · interference obstruction2 min - 13:33 into the first period
Paul Laus · interference obstruction2 min - 0:40 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · fighting5 min
- 0:40 into the second periodDenny Lambert · fighting5 min
- 3:29 into the second periodBill Lindsay · hooking2 min
- 5:57 into the second periodJason Zent · holding the stick2 min
- 13:18 into the second periodLance Pitlick · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:47 into the second periodScott Mellanby · roughing2 min
- 16:56 into the second periodDenny Lambert · holding2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodChris Wells · high sticking2 min
- 19:11 into the second periodLance Pitlick · high sticking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
Ottawa Senators
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Jason ZentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Christer OlssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |