Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Tuesday, January 30, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 30, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 35–26.
Pat LaFontaine scored twice. Alexander Semak, Niklas Andersson, Mike Wilson, Travis Green, Garry Galley, Derek King and Mathieu Schneider also scored.
Eric Fichaud made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 30 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Alexander Semak (15)Brad Dalgarno (1), Marty Mcinnis (19)0–101:40 NYI
Niklas Andersson (6)Travis Green (26), Ziggy Palffy (28)0–203:37 NYI
Mike Wilson (1)Michael Peca (8), Randy Burridge (17)1–207:51 BUF
Pat LaFontaine (19)Brad May (15), Randy Burridge (18)2–212:17 BUF ·
2nd period
Travis Green (18)Mathieu Schneider (25)2–300:44 NYI · 
Garry Galley (6)Alexei Zhitnik (19), Pat LaFontaine (27)3–314:55 BUF ·
3rd period
Derek King (9)Unassisted3–413:24 NYI- Pat LaFontaine (20)Michael Peca (9), Randy Burridge (19)4–419:55 BUF
Overtime
Mathieu Schneider (7)Bob Sweeney (3), Martin Straka (18)4–502:19 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
2635
0%0%
2/61/5
3322
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:21 into the first period
Alexander Semak · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:33 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · holding2 min - 11:54 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 13:12 into the first periodJason Dawe · tripping obstruction2 min
- 19:28 into the first periodDoug Houda · hooking2 min
- 0:33 into the second periodCraig Muni · cross checking2 min
- 7:44 into the second periodBrad Dalgarno · tripping2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodBrent Hughes · misconduct10 min
- 10:50 into the second periodBrent Severyn · misconduct10 min
- 12:19 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:21 into the second periodKen Belanger · roughing2 min
- 2:01 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking5 min
- 2:01 into the third periodCharlie Huddy · game misconduct10 min
- 8:47 into the third periodRich Pilon · cross checking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1John BlueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 35 | 5 | .857 |
New York Islanders
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 72Mathieu SchneiderD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Brad DalgarnoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 28Alexander SemakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | W | 26 | 4 | .846 |
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – |