Belt game 5,679 · May 30, 1996 · playoffs
Florida Panthers take the belt
Florida Panthers beat Pittsburgh Penguins 4–3 at home to start reign 2,178 of the NHL belt, the 9th for the franchise.
Pittsburgh Penguins had held it since May 26, 1996, with 1 defense over 4 days.
Florida Panthers held it for 5 days and 1 defense, then lost it to Colorado Avalanche on June 4, 1996.
2,178Reign number
9Team's reign
1Defenses
5Days held
Box score
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Lindsay | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Tom Fitzgerald | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Scott Mellanby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Martin Straka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Rob Niedermayer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| Terry Carkner | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Gord Murphy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — |
| Robert Svehla | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Lowry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Stu Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Mike Hough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Brian Skrudland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ray Sheppard | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Johan Garpenlov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Paul Laus | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Rhett Warrener | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ed Jovanovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Mark Fitzpatrick | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| John Vanbiesbrouck | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 20 | 23 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | SV | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Joe Dziedzic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Tomas Sandstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Bryan Smolinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Glen Murray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Dave Roche | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Mario Lemieux | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| J.J. Daigneault | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Sergei Zubov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| Alek Stojanov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Brad Lauer | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| Jaromir Jagr | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Petr Nedved | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Tamer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Corey Foster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Dmitri Mironov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| Francois Leroux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Chris Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Ken Wregget | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Barrasso | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 36 | 40 |
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