Buffalo Sabres vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Friday, April 5, 1996 · Thunderdome
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 on Friday, April 5, 1996 at Thunderdome. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 43–22.
Goals came from Mark Astley, Derek Plante, Brian Holzinger, Brian Bellows, Randy Burridge, Chris Gratton and Mikael Andersson.
Andrei Trefilov made 40 saves on 43 shots for the win; Daren Puppa stopped 18 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Astley (2)Pat LaFontaine (47)1–019:08 BUF
2nd period
Derek Plante (21)Brad May (29)2–006:35 BUF
Brian Holzinger (10)Derek Plante (31), Pat LaFontaine (48)3–010:14 BUF · 
Brian Bellows (21)Michel Petit (7), Roman Hamrlik (48)3–118:34 TBL ·
3rd period
Randy Burridge (24)Brian Holzinger (10), Pat LaFontaine (49)4–100:37 BUF
Chris Gratton (16)Jason Wiemer (7), Brian Bellows (25)4–205:04 TBL
Mikael Andersson (8)Cory Cross (14), Paul Ysebaert (13)4–312:47 TBL
Team stats
BUFTBL
2243
0%0%
1/51/4
1919
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Brad May · roughing2 min - 13:55 into the first period
Chris Gratton · hooking2 min - 14:20 into the first periodMichael Peca · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:20 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · cross checking2 min
- 17:06 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:51 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · high sticking2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodMichel Petit · roughing2 min
- 8:26 into the second periodRob Zamuner · slashing2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodCory Cross · holding2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodBrad May · charging2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodBrad May · fighting5 min
- 17:27 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:27 into the second periodIgor Ulanov · fighting5 min
- 18:09 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 17:06 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Mark AstleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 17Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Dane JacksonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Scott PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | W | 43 | 3 | .930 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 23Brian BellowsL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 7 | – |
| 95Michel PetitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14John TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Aaron GaveyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jeff ReeseG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 93Daren PuppaG | L | 22 | 4 | .818 |