Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 1996 · Miami Arena

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2–1

17–30

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Florida Panthers 2–1 on Sunday, December 29, 1996 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 30–17.

Vincent Damphousse scored twice. Scott Mellanby also scored.

Goals
MTL	0	1	1	2	17
FLA	1	0	0	1	30

Scoring

1st period

Scott Mellanby (15)Per Gustafsson (10), Robert Svehla (16)0–105:10 FLA ·

2nd period

Vincent Damphousse (11)Sebastien Bordeleau (1), Peter Popovic (7)1–100:15 MTL

3rd period

Vincent Damphousse (12)Mark Recchi (23), Brian Savage (24)2–100:35 MTL ·

Team stats

MTLFLA

1730

0%0%

1/61/7

3139

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Penalties

3:51 into the first periodBill Lindsay · fighting5 min
3:51 into the first periodPierre Sevigny · fighting5 min
3:51 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · kneeing2 min
6:55 into the first periodScott Mellanby · misconduct10 min
6:55 into the first periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
6:55 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
6:55 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · holding2 min
6:55 into the first periodChris Murray · fighting5 min
9:35 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · hooking2 min
18:47 into the first periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
19:40 into the first periodRobert Svehla · tripping2 min
3:35 into the second periodCraig Rivet · cross checking2 min
6:38 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
6:38 into the second periodMurray Baron · fighting5 min
7:07 into the second periodChris Murray · slashing2 min
15:13 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · holding2 min
18:56 into the second periodMartin Straka · interference2 min
18:56 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2:54 into the third periodPeter Popovic · holding2 min
3:39 into the third periodMartin Straka · cross checking2 min
10:07 into the third periodBrian Skrudland · roughing2 min
10:07 into the third periodDarcy Tucker · roughing2 min

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