Hartford Whalers vs Los Angeles Kings

Regular season · Wednesday, January 31, 1996 · Great Western Forum

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6–4

35–34

Game summary

The Hartford Whalers beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–4 on Wednesday, January 31, 1996 at Great Western Forum. The Whalers outshot the Kings 35–34.

Brendan Shanahan scored twice, Dmitri Khristich scored twice and Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Eric Lacroix, Adam Burt, Jeff O'Neill and Jari Kurri also scored.

Sean Burke made 30 saves on 34 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 29 of 35.

Goals
HFD	1	2	3	6	35
LAK	1	1	2	4	34

Scoring

1st period

Eric Lacroix (12)Marty McSorley (13), Wayne Gretzky (59)0–102:01 LAK
Adam Burt (1)Brad McCrimmon (5), Jeff O'Neill (13)1–111:26 HFD

2nd period

Jeff O'Neill (6)Brendan Shanahan (17), Nelson Emerson (17)2–104:49 HFD
Brendan Shanahan (24)Nelson Emerson (18), Jeff Brown (26)3–111:18 HFD ·
Dmitri Khristich (17)Wayne Gretzky (60), John Slaney (6)3–217:50 LAK ·

3rd period

Brendan Shanahan (25)Nelson Emerson (19)4–206:13 HFD ·
Dmitri Khristich (18)Jari Kurri (12), John Slaney (7)4–311:52 LAK
Geoff Sanderson (20)Unassisted5–312:38 HFD
Jari Kurri (10)Marty McSorley (14), Wayne Gretzky (61)5–417:47 LAK ·
Geoff Sanderson (21)Andrew Cassels (24)6–418:08 HFD

Team stats

HFDLAK

3534

0%0%

2/42/4

1918

Penalties

16:18 into the first periodKelly Chase · high sticking2 min
16:18 into the first periodDarryl Sydor · slashing2 min
9:38 into the second periodEric Lacroix · roughing2 min
9:52 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · interference obstruction2 min
9:52 into the second periodPat Conacher · slashing2 min
11:50 into the second periodMark Janssens · hooking2 min
15:56 into the second periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
15:56 into the second periodBarry Potomski · fighting5 min
16:32 into the second periodBrendan Shanahan · tripping2 min
18:02 into the second periodJeff Brown · hooking obstruction2 min
2:04 into the third periodSteven Finn · roughing2 min
5:08 into the third periodEric Lacroix · boarding5 min
7:29 into the third periodNelson Emerson · holding2 min
16:12 into the third periodGerald Diduck · high sticking2 min

Season series

Hartford Whalers

Hartford Whalers skaters

16Nelson EmersonR	0	3	3	+2	2	2	–	–
94Brendan ShanahanL	2	1	3	+2	7	2	–	–
8Geoff SandersonL	2	0	2	+2	4	0	–	–
92Jeff O'NeillC	1	1	2	+2	1	0	–	–
21Andrew CasselsC	0	1	1	+2	2	0	–	–
6Adam BurtD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	–	–
10Brad McCrimmonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	–	–
27Jeff BrownD	0	1	1	+2	3	2	–	–
11Kevin DineenR	0	0	0	+2	4	0	–	–
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	–	–
15Scott DanielsL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
18Robert KronC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
22Mark JanssensC	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
28Paul RanheimL	0	0	0	−2	3	0	–	–
39Kelly ChaseR	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
4Gerald DiduckD	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	–
7Brian GlynnD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
36Glen FeatherstoneD	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–

Hartford Whalers goalies
Goalie
1Sean BurkeG	W	34	30	4	.882	60:00
29Jason MuzzattiG		0	0	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

99Wayne GretzkyC	0	3	3	0	6	0	–	–
8Dmitri KhristichR	2	0	2	+1	4	0	–	–
17Jari KurriR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
27John SlaneyD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	–	–
33Marty McSorleyD	0	2	2	−1	2	0	–	–
28Eric LacroixL	1	0	1	−2	3	7	–	–
12Kevin ToddC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
13Robert LangC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
14Gary ShuchukC	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
15Pat ConacherL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	–	–
19John DruceR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
40Barry PotomskiL	0	0	0	0	0	5	–	–
43Vitali YachmenevR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
44Yanic PerreaultC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
2Darryl SydorD	0	0	0	−2	2	2	–	–
26Philippe BoucherD	0	0	0	−2	4	0	–	–
29Steven FinnD	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
77Rob CowieD	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie
31Byron DafoeG	L	35	29	6	.829	60:00
32Kelly HrudeyG		0	0	0	–	–