Florida Panthers vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Wednesday, March 19, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum

FloridaPanthersAway

4–7

28–23

NY IslandersIslandersHome

Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Florida Panthers 7–4 on Wednesday, March 19, 1997 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Panthers outshot the Islanders 28–23.

Ziggy Palffy scored twice and David Nemirovsky scored twice. Robert Reichel, Travis Green, Dan Plante, Randy Wood, Radek Dvorak, Todd Bertuzzi and Rhett Warrener also scored.

Goals
FLA	0	1	3	4	28
NYI	2	3	2	7	23

Scoring

1st period

Ziggy Palffy (38)Bryan Smolinski (22), Robert Reichel (28)0–101:27 NYI
Robert Reichel (17)Dan Plante (7)0–217:57 NYI

2nd period

Travis Green (19)Scott Lachance (10), Todd Bertuzzi (9)0–302:44 NYI ·
Dan Plante (3)Ziggy Palffy (37)0–406:55 NYI ·
David Nemirovsky (5)Ed Jovanovski (14), Mike Hough (5)1–415:42 FLA
Randy Wood (4)Unassisted1–517:00 NYI ·

3rd period

Radek Dvorak (16)Terry Carkner (11), Steve Washburn (3)2–503:43 FLA
Todd Bertuzzi (7)Travis Green (36)2–607:08 NYI ·
Rhett Warrener (3)David Nemirovsky (5), Terry Carkner (12)3–610:37 FLA
David Nemirovsky (6)Mike Hough (6), Chris Wells (5)4–618:52 FLA
Ziggy Palffy (39)Robert Reichel (29), Bryan Smolinski (23)4–719:59 NYI ·

Team stats

FLANYI

2823

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0/52/5

2222

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Penalties

4:21 into the first periodSteve Webb · hooking obstruction2 min
8:49 into the first periodScott Mellanby · holding the stick2 min
11:32 into the first periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
11:32 into the first periodKen Belanger · fighting5 min
12:43 into the first periodRich Pilon · tripping2 min
2:06 into the second periodGord Murphy · holding2 min
5:21 into the second periodNiklas Andersson · holding obstruction2 min
8:00 into the second periodChris Wells · roughing2 min
8:00 into the second periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
12:20 into the second periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
15:15 into the second periodPaul Laus · fighting5 min
15:15 into the second periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
16:19 into the second periodKenny Jonsson · interference2 min
5:41 into the third periodScott Mellanby · tripping obstruction2 min
7:55 into the third periodDennis Vaske · elbowing2 min
15:23 into the third periodBill Lindsay · high sticking2 min

Season series