Florida Panthers vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Friday, December 20, 1996 · United Center
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 on Friday, December 20, 1996 at United Center. The Blackhawks outshot the Panthers 35–23.
Scott Mellanby scored twice. Sergei Krivokrasov and Radek Dvorak also scored.
Mark Fitzpatrick made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jeff Hackett stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Mellanby (13)Rhett Warrener (1), Radek Dvorak (10)1–003:24 FLA ·
2nd period
- Scott Mellanby (14)Rhett Warrener (2), Robert Svehla (15)2–005:23 FLA ·
Sergei Krivokrasov (4)James Black (5), Jeff Shantz (3)2–110:58 CHI
3rd period
Radek Dvorak (8)Scott Mellanby (17), Terry Carkner (5)3–118:38 FLA
Team stats
FLACHI
2335
0%0%
2/50/3
1216
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:51 into the first period
Bob Probert · interference2 min - 7:48 into the first periodEnrico Ciccone · slashing2 min
- 14:24 into the first periodChris Chelios · roughing2 min
- 17:01 into the first period
Brian Skrudland · tripping2 min - 2:17 into the second periodTony Amonte · roughing2 min
- 2:17 into the second periodEthan Moreau · roughing2 min
- 2:17 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 2:17 into the second periodDave Lowry · roughing2 min
- 2:17 into the second periodRobert Svehla · cross checking2 min
- 4:06 into the second periodKevin Miller · spearing double minor4 min
- 4:06 into the second periodBill Lindsay · roughing2 min
- 6:36 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · roughing2 min
- 15:57 into the third periodMark Fitzpatrick · delaying game2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Terry CarknerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Chris WellsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Martin StrakaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 38James BlackL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Adam CreightonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Cam RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ed BelfourG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Jeff HackettG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |