Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers 3-6, Dec 15, 1996: Box Score | AskScores

Edmonton Oilers

3

Florida Panthers

6

Final · Amerant Bank Arena

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
EDM	3	0	0	3
FLA	3	2	1	6

The Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 on Dec 15, 1996 at Amerant Bank Arena.

Top performers

Mike Grier
Mike Grier had 1 goal for the Oilers.
Bob Essensa
Bob Essensa made 15 saves on 18 shots for the Oilers.
Scott Mellanby
Scott Mellanby had 1 goal and 1 assist for the Panthers.
John Vanbiesbrouck
John Vanbiesbrouck made 25 saves on 28 shots for the Panthers.

Before and after

Oilers · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 12, 1996: EDM 2, TB 2 · Next Dec 18, 1996: COL 4, EDM 4
Panthers · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 11, 1996: FLA 2, CAR 5 · Next Dec 19, 1996: FLA 2, OTT 5

Other Oilers vs Panthers games

Other Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers games

Jan 15, 1997	FLA at EDM	0-4	Regular
Mar 19, 2026	FLA at EDM	4-0	Regular
Nov 22, 2025	EDM at FLA	6-3	Regular
Jun 17, 2025	EDM at FLA	1-5	Playoffs
Jun 14, 2025	FLA at EDM	5-2	Playoffs
Jun 12, 2025	EDM at FLA	5-4	Playoffs

Edmonton Oilers box score

Skaters

Edmonton Oilers skaters, Dec 15, 1996

Doug Weight	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0:00
Ryan Smyth	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0:00
Jason Arnott	0	1	1	-1	2	14	0:00
Mike Grier	1	0	1	0	4	0	0:00
Miroslav Satan	1	0	1	0	3	0	0:00
Mariusz Czerkawski	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0:00
Andrei Kovalenko	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Rem Murray	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Mats Lindgren	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Luke Richardson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Kevin Lowe	0	0	0	1	2	2	0:00
Kelly Buchberger	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0:00
Dean McAmmond	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0:00
Todd Marchant	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Bryan Marchment	0	0	0	1	1	2	0:00
Michel Petit	0	0	0	-4	3	0	0:00
Jeff Norton	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0:00
Boris Mironov	0	0	0	1	4	0	0:00
Team	3	6	9	-10	28	23

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Edmonton Oilers goalies, Dec 15, 1996

Bob Essensa	18	15	3	.833	48:48
Curtis Joseph	5	2	3	.400	11:12
Team	23	17	6	1.233

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%

Florida Panthers box score

Skaters

Florida Panthers skaters, Dec 15, 1996

Scott Mellanby	1	1	2	1	2	0	0:00
Radek Dvorak	1	1	2	0	1	0	0:00
Tom Fitzgerald	1	1	2	2	3	0	0:00
Ed Jovanovski	1	0	1	2	1	0	0:00
Brian Skrudland	0	1	1	1	1	0	0:00
Gord Murphy	1	0	1	1	3	0	0:00
Mike Hough	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Bill Lindsay	1	0	1	1	4	2	0:00
Ray Sheppard	0	1	1	0	0	2	0:00
Robert Svehla	0	1	1	1	2	0	0:00
Dave Lowry	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Jody Hull	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Terry Carkner	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0:00
Rhett Warrener	0	0	0	1	3	4	0:00
Paul Laus	0	0	0	1	0	7	0:00
Chris Wells	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Jason Podollan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0:00
Team	6	7	13	9	21	19

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Florida Panthers goalies, Dec 15, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
John Vanbiesbrouck	28	25	3	.893	60:00

What the columns mean: SV · GA · SV%