Hartford Whalers vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Sunday, December 31, 1995 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Hartford Whalers 3–2 on Sunday, December 31, 1995 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Whalers 39–30.
Goals came from Doug Brown, Paul Ranheim, Nicklas Lidstrom, Kevin Dineen and Keith Primeau.
Chris Osgood made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 36 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Brown (6)Viacheslav Fetisov (17), Vladimir Konstantinov (11)0–105:00 DET
Paul Ranheim (4)Robert Kron (15)1–105:24 HFD
Nicklas Lidstrom (9)Greg Johnson (11), Steve Yzerman (25)1–214:04 DET · 
Kevin Dineen (1)Andrew Cassels (19), Geoff Sanderson (17)2–217:15 HFD
2nd period
Keith Primeau (9)Tim Taylor (7), Chris Osgood (1)2–301:58 DET
Team stats
HFDDET
3039
0%0%
0/20/3
119
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:39 into the first period
Nelson Emerson · hooking obstruction2 min - 12:20 into the first period
Bob Errey · elbowing2 min - 6:01 into the second periodScott Daniels · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:24 into the second periodDarren McCarty · fighting5 min
- 9:24 into the second periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 11:46 into the third periodViacheslav Fetisov · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:10 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Kevin SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Steve MartinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 39 | 3 | .923 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 17Doug BrownR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 37Tim TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Viacheslav FetisovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Bob ErreyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Mike RamseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris OsgoodG | W | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Kevin HodsonG | 0 | 0 | – |