Hartford Whalers vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, February 7, 1996 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–3 on Wednesday, February 7, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Whalers 37–32.
Andrei Nikolishin scored twice. Gino Odjick, Russ Courtnall, Robert Kron, Alexander Mogilny, Geoff Sanderson and Nelson Emerson also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Corey Hirsch stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Gino Odjick (2)Jim Dowd (12), Jyrki Lumme (22)0–111:08 VAN
2nd period
Russ Courtnall (11)Jyrki Lumme (23), Leif Rohlin (12)0–206:36 VAN
Robert Kron (16)Andrei Nikolishin (16)1–207:22 HFD
Alexander Mogilny (43)Jyrki Lumme (24), Esa Tikkanen (16)1–318:32 VAN ·
3rd period
Geoff Sanderson (23)Kevin Dineen (8)2–300:21 HFD
Nelson Emerson (19)Paul Ranheim (13)3–301:58 HFD · 
Andrei Nikolishin (6)Unassisted4–303:08 HFD- Andrei Nikolishin (7)Unassisted5–315:39 HFD
Team stats
HFDVAN
3237
0%0%
0/31/5
4753
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 19:41 into the first period
Adrian Aucoin · holding obstruction2 min - 0:43 into the second period
Andrei Nikolishin · high sticking2 min - 5:19 into the second periodKevin Dineen · slashing2 min
- 5:19 into the second periodTim Hunter · slashing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodMark Janssens · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodMark Janssens · game misconduct10 min
- 9:43 into the second periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodScott Daniels · game misconduct10 min
- 9:43 into the second periodTim Hunter · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodTim Hunter · game misconduct10 min
- 9:43 into the second periodTim Hunter · game misconduct10 min
- 9:43 into the second periodDean Malkoc · roughing2 min
- 9:43 into the second periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodScott Walker · fighting5 min
- 9:43 into the second periodScott Walker · game misconduct10 min
- 15:28 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:46 into the second periodGerald Diduck · holding obstruction2 min
- 0:50 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodGino Odjick · roughing2 min
- 9:18 into the third periodBrad McCrimmon · cross checking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | 9 | 1 | .889 | |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 28 | 2 | .929 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim DowdC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 9 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 8Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 32Dean MalkocD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Corey HirschG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 35Mike FountainG | 0 | 0 | – |