Montréal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Tuesday, January 28, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–1 on Tuesday, January 28, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Canadiens 38–31.
Scott Mellanby scored twice. Gord Murphy, Rhett Warrener, Ray Sheppard and Chris Murray also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Gord Murphy (7)Jody Hull (3), Chris Wells (3)0–113:36 FLA
2nd period
Rhett Warrener (2)Bill Lindsay (17), Scott Mellanby (24)0–206:06 FLA
Ray Sheppard (20)Robert Svehla (18)0–308:26 FLA · 
Scott Mellanby (19)Rob Niedermayer (10), Robert Svehla (19)0–411:55 FLA
Chris Murray (4)Eric Houde (2), Stephane Quintal (12)1–415:24 MTL
3rd period
- Scott Mellanby (20)Johan Garpenlov (18), Rob Niedermayer (11)1–509:45 FLA
Team stats
MTLFLA
3138
0%0%
0/21/3
2119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:01 into the first period
Rhett Warrener · cross checking2 min - 10:55 into the first period
Murray Baron · roughing2 min - 14:38 into the first periodDave Lowry · slashing2 min
- 17:36 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 17:36 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · fighting5 min
- 6:36 into the second periodRhett Warrener · fighting5 min
- 6:36 into the second periodShayne Corson · fighting5 min
- 7:17 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
- 7:17 into the second periodDarcy Tucker · cross checking2 min
- 7:17 into the third periodScott Thornton · fighting5 min
- 7:43 into the third periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.