Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, March 16, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Saturday, March 16, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 39–36.
Goals came from Andrei Nikolishin, Brendan Shanahan and Michael Peca.
Sean Burke made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 37 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Nikolishin (13)Robert Kron (24), Adam Burt (9)0–104:42 HFD · 
Brendan Shanahan (36)Andrew Cassels (38), Gerald Diduck (9)0–213:32 HFD ·
3rd period
Michael Peca (10)Mike Wilson (6), Yuri Khmylev (20)1–216:06 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFHFD
3639
0%0%
0/51/5
4161
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:44 into the first period
Rob Conn · interference obstruction2 min - 7:43 into the first periodJason Dawe · fighting5 min
- 7:43 into the first period
Nelson Emerson · fighting5 min - 12:30 into the first periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 12:30 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the first periodBrad May · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the first periodBrad May · game misconduct10 min
- 12:30 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · game misconduct10 min
- 12:30 into the first periodScott Daniels · instigator2 min
- 12:30 into the first periodScott Daniels · fighting5 min
- 12:30 into the first periodScott Daniels · game misconduct10 min
- 12:30 into the first periodJason Muzzatti · roughing2 min
- 12:30 into the first periodJason Muzzatti · misconduct10 min
- 14:19 into the first periodCharlie Huddy · slashing2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodYuri Khmylev · elbowing2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodAndrew Cassels · elbowing2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodBrian Glynn · roughing2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · illegal stick2 min
- 7:13 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
- 11:19 into the second periodAdam Burt · hooking2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodYuri Khmylev · slashing2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodSteven Rice · roughing2 min
- 13:51 into the second periodSteven Rice · slashing2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodGarry Galley · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:41 into the third periodBrent Hughes · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Rob ConnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Hartford Whalers
| 13Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 94Brendan ShanahanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Scott DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian GlynnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |