Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks

Regular season · Wednesday, March 6, 1996 · General Motors Place

2–5

24–29

Game summary

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, March 6, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 29–24.

Russ Courtnall scored a hat trick. Trevor Linden, Jyrki Lumme, Pat LaFontaine and Charlie Huddy also scored.

Corey Hirsch made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 20 of 25.

Goals
BUF	0	0	2	2	24
VAN	1	4	0	5	29

Scoring

1st period

Trevor Linden (26)Jyrki Lumme (30), Adrian Aucoin (10)0–104:55 VAN ·

2nd period

Jyrki Lumme (14)Josef Beranek (14), Esa Tikkanen (23)0–202:20 VAN
Russ Courtnall (18)Unassisted0–306:14 VAN
Russ Courtnall (19)Martin Gelinas (21)0–413:22 VAN ·
Russ Courtnall (20)Martin Gelinas (22), Dave Babych (19)0–515:49 VAN ·

3rd period

Pat LaFontaine (32)Brad May (23), Rob Conn (4)1–504:30 BUF
Charlie Huddy (5)Pat LaFontaine (34), Rob Conn (5)2–517:51 BUF

Team stats

BUFVAN

2429

0%0%

0/72/6

4537

Penalties

2:57 into the first periodDave Hannan · cross checking2 min
2:57 into the first periodBrent Hughes · misconduct10 min
2:57 into the first periodRob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2:57 into the first periodTim Hunter · misconduct10 min
2:57 into the first periodJosef Beranek · slashing2 min
2:57 into the first periodAlek Stojanov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2:59 into the first periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
2:59 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
2:59 into the first periodGino Odjick · fighting5 min
3:37 into the first periodMichael Peca · tripping2 min
6:08 into the first periodGarry Galley · hooking2 min
20:00 into the first periodScott Pearson · roughing2 min
20:00 into the first periodEsa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
4:12 into the second periodDana Murzyn · slashing2 min
6:35 into the second periodDave Hannan · holding2 min
11:14 into the second periodMartin Gelinas · high sticking2 min
11:26 into the second periodMichael Peca · charging2 min
14:12 into the second periodScott Walker · tripping2 min
18:00 into the second periodTim Hunter · slashing2 min
0:44 into the third periodMichal Grosek · high sticking2 min
7:32 into the third periodDana Murzyn · interference obstruction2 min
10:47 into the third periodDave Hannan · holding the stick2 min
13:02 into the third periodBret Hedican · hooking obstruction2 min
15:46 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
15:46 into the third periodGino Odjick · charging2 min
15:46 into the third periodGino Odjick · roughing2 min

Goalie
30Andrei TrefilovG		4	4	0	1.000	20:00
39Dominik HasekG	L	25	20	5	.800	40:00

Goalie
1Kirk McLeanG		0	0	0	–	–
31Corey HirschG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00


16Pat LaFontaineC	1	1	2	0	3	0	–	–
25Rob ConnR	0	2	2	+1	3	0	–	–
10Brad MayL	0	1	1	0	3	0	–	–
22Charlie HuddyD	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	–
13Yuri KhmylevL	0	0	0	−1	3	0	–	–
17Brent HughesL	0	0	0	−1	2	10	–	–
18Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
26Derek PlanteC	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	–
27Michael PecaC	0	0	0	−1	0	4	–	–
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	−1	1	14	–	–
33Scott PearsonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	–
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	0	2	5	–	–
41Dave HannanC	0	0	0	−1	0	6	–	–
3Garry GalleyD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	–	–
8Darryl ShannonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	–	–
21Mark AstleyD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	–	–
34Mike WilsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	–	–
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–


9Russ CourtnallR	3	0	3	+2	5	0	–	–
23Martin GelinasL	0	2	2	+1	1	2	–	–
21Jyrki LummeD	1	1	2	+1	2	0	–	–
10Esa TikkanenL	0	1	1	0	1	2	–	–
16Trevor LindenC	1	0	1	0	3	0	–	–
42Josef BeranekL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	–	–
6Adrian AucoinD	0	1	1	0	2	0	–	–
44Dave BabychD	0	1	1	0	1	0	–	–
7Cliff RonningC	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	–
8Alek StojanovR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	–	–
15Jim DowdC	0	0	0	−2	1	0	–	–
19Tim HunterR	0	0	0	0	0	12	–	–
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	–
29Gino OdjickL	0	0	0	0	0	9	–	–
89Alexander MogilnyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	–
2Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	–	–
3Bret HedicanD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	–	–
5Dana MurzynD	0	0	0	+1	3	4	–	–

Game summary

Scoring

Team stats

Penalties

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Vancouver Canucks