🐆 Away Panthers 35-12-4 before this game
5–3
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 24-18-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 1315
TBL 0213

Panthers at Lightning

Panthers beat Lightning 5–3 at AMALIE Arena on February 3, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Feb 3, 1996 · 14:00 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐆 FLA
Stu Barnes
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1
2nd star 🐆 FLA
Robert Svehla
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🐆 FLA
Scott Mellanby
1 G
6 shots

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🐆 Scott Mellanby Go-ahead 1st · 00:42
Assists: Robert Svehla
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Bill Houlder PP Tying 2nd · 04:44
Assists: Brian Bradley, Brian Bellows
1–1
⚡ Rob Zamuner SH Go-ahead 2nd · 07:00
Unassisted
1–2
🐆 Geoff Smith PP Tying 2nd · 09:00
Assists: Jesse Belanger, Radek Dvorak
2–2
🐆 Stu Barnes PP Go-ahead 2nd · 11:50
Unassisted
3–2
🐆 Tom Fitzgerald 2nd · 17:42
Unassisted
4–2
3rd period
⚡ John Cullen 3rd · 08:57
Assists: David Shaw, Alexander Selivanov
4–3
🐆 Robert Svehla PP 3rd · 13:19
Assists: Jason Woolley, Stu Barnes
5–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA TBL⚡
24 Shots on goal 29
3/7 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
31 Penalty minutes 58
FLA shooting 20.8% (5/24) TBL shooting 10.3% (3/29)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
John Vanbiesbrouck
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Jeff Reese
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:02 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–2
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 16, 1995
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
7–2 · Panthers won
Nov 5, 1995
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
1–4 · Panthers won
Apr 16, 1995
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
1–4 · Panthers won
Apr 2, 1995
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
4–1 · Panthers won
Jan 26, 1995
⚡TBL @ 🐆FLA
2–4 · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs TBL, answered

Who won Panthers vs Lightning on February 3, 1996?

Panthers won 5–3.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Lightning?

The final score was Panthers 5, Lightning 3.

Who scored for Panthers?

Geoff Smith, Robert Svehla, Scott Mellanby, Stu Barnes, Tom Fitzgerald.

Who scored for Lightning?

Bill Houlder, John Cullen, Rob Zamuner.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Jeff Reese made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Lightning season series?

Panthers lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Feb 1
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
2–2 · FLA won
Next game · Feb 6
🐆FLA @ 🐙DET
2–4 · DET won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Jan 31
🐧PIT @ ⚡TBL
1–4 · TBL won
Next game · Feb 4
⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF
5–2 · TBL won
Also on February 3, 1996
⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS
2–4 final
🐧PIT @ 🐙DET
0–3 final
🔔PHI @ 🎵STL
7–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🏔️COL
1–7 final
🪶CHI @ 🦈SJS
4–1 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
4–1 final
🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH
5–6 final
😈NJD @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
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