St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, April 3, 1996 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The St. Louis Blues beat the Colorado Avalanche 6–3 on Wednesday, April 3, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 32–27.
Stephen Leach scored twice. Adam Creighton, Wayne Gretzky, Adam Deadmarsh, Chris Simon, Peter Zezel, Valeri Kamensky and Glenn Anderson also scored.
Jon Casey made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Stephen Leach (10)Peter Zezel (12), Mike Hudson (12)1–008:07 STL
2nd period
Adam Creighton (10)Stephane Matteau (15), Chris Pronger (17)2–001:15 STL
Wayne Gretzky (23)Unassisted3–007:54 STL · 
Adam Deadmarsh (21)Stephane Yelle (14), Mike Ricci (16)3–110:55 COL
Chris Simon (14)Scott Young (35), Joe Sakic (64)3–212:24 COL
3rd period
Peter Zezel (7)Chris Pronger (18), Al MacInnis (43)4–208:49 STL · - Stephen Leach (11)Peter Zezel (13)5–209:08 STL
Valeri Kamensky (36)Joe Sakic (65), Sandis Ozolinsh (37)5–313:00 COL · 
Glenn Anderson (5)Wayne Gretzky (79), Brian Noonan (22)6–319:40 STL ·
Team stats
STLCOL
2732
0%0%
3/91/7
1846
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Troy Murray · elbowing2 min - 3:29 into the first period
Stephane Matteau · high sticking2 min - 8:44 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · holding the stick2 min
- 8:44 into the first periodGeoff Courtnall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:01 into the first periodMurray Baron · holding obstruction2 min
- 15:54 into the first periodChris Pronger · high sticking2 min
- 18:14 into the first periodMike Keane · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:09 into the second periodAlexei Gusarov · holding2 min
- 13:36 into the second periodChris Simon · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:49 into the second periodAdam Foote · elbowing2 min
- 0:04 into the third periodValeri Kamensky · diving2 min
- 0:04 into the third periodGlenn Anderson · hooking2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · high sticking5 min
- 2:04 into the third periodClaude Lemieux · game misconduct10 min
- 6:24 into the third periodStephane Yelle · diving2 min
- 6:24 into the third periodAl MacInnis · hooking2 min
- 11:59 into the third periodPeter Zezel · hooking2 min
- 14:54 into the third periodStephen Leach · high sticking2 min
- 18:18 into the third periodChris Simon · checking from behind5 min
- 18:18 into the third periodChris Simon · game misconduct10 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 25Peter ZezelC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Mike HudsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 20Adam CreightonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Brian NoonanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Greg GilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 17Basil McraeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 26Jay WellsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Murray BaronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Bruce RacineG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Chris SimonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |