Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, February 17, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime on Saturday, February 17, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 35–29.
Goals came from Brendan Shanahan, Michael Peca and Geoff Sanderson.
Sean Burke made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 33 of 35.
Scoring
3rd period
Brendan Shanahan (27)Jeff Brown (28), Andrew Cassels (29)0–100:24 HFD · 
Michael Peca (8)Garry Galley (26), Alexei Zhitnik (24)1–102:20 BUF ·
Overtime
Geoff Sanderson (24)Andrew Cassels (30)1–201:49 HFD
Team stats
BUFHFD
2935
0%0%
0/71/6
3028
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 9:02 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min - 9:02 into the first period
Brendan Shanahan · fighting5 min - 10:28 into the first periodBrent Hughes · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:28 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:46 into the first periodMichal Grosek · fighting5 min
- 17:46 into the first periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 19:46 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · hooking2 min
- 19:52 into the first periodBrad May · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1:00 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:50 into the second periodJason Dawe · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · tripping2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 18:39 into the second periodNelson Emerson · roughing2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 19:18 into the second periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 5:32 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · holding the stick2 min
- 8:37 into the third periodJeff Brown · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:45 into the third periodDerek Plante · interference obstruction2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodGlen Wesley · cross checking2 min
- 12:13 into the third periodDerek Plante · tripping2 min
- 13:03 into the third periodNelson Emerson · high sticking2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodAndrew Cassels · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 19:00 into the third periodDerek Plante · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad McCrimmonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |