Florida Panthers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Monday, December 23, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the New York Islanders 4–3 in overtime on Monday, December 23, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Panthers outshot the Islanders 23–22.
Johan Garpenlov scored twice and Bryan Smolinski scored twice. Jody Hull, Doug Houda and Ray Sheppard also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Jody Hull (5)Brian Skrudland (11), Per Gustafsson (7)1–008:28 FLA
Johan Garpenlov (6)Scott Mellanby (18)2–014:28 FLA- Johan Garpenlov (7)Ray Sheppard (14), Per Gustafsson (8)3–019:15 FLA ·
3rd period
Bryan Smolinski (7)Bryan McCabe (6)3–104:11 NYI- Bryan Smolinski (8)Bryan McCabe (7), Derek King (15)3–208:31 NYI
Doug Houda (1)Marty Mcinnis (8), Claude Lapointe (2)3–314:06 NYI
Overtime
Ray Sheppard (17)Martin Straka (17), Per Gustafsson (9)4–301:46 FLA
Team stats
FLANYI
2322
0%0%
1/40/5
2210
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:54 into the first period
Mike Hough · tripping2 min - 9:38 into the first period
Bryan Berard · interference obstruction2 min - 10:00 into the first periodJohan Garpenlov · interference2 min
- 18:21 into the first periodBryan McCabe · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:33 into the second periodJason Podollan · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:55 into the second periodPaul Kruse · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodTerry Carkner · game misconduct10 min
- 11:40 into the second periodRadek Dvorak · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 11:40 into the second periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodBrian Skrudland · charging2 min
- 10:25 into the third periodEd Jovanovski · charging2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.