Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, October 9, 1996 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Wednesday, October 9, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 35–19.
Goals came from Pavel Bure, Jason Dawe and Brian Holzinger.
Dominik Hasek made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 17 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Pavel Bure (1)Martin Gelinas (1), Trevor Linden (2)0–100:14 VAN
2nd period
Jason Dawe (1)Randy Burridge (2), Mike Wilson (1)1–101:28 BUF
3rd period
Brian Holzinger (1)Richard Smehlik (2), Curtis Brown (1)2–105:42 BUF
Team stats
BUFVAN
1935
0%0%
0/30/3
66
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:06 into the first period
Chris Joseph · interference2 min - 15:15 into the first periodChris Joseph · interference2 min
- 3:24 into the second period
Rob Ray · roughing2 min - 5:36 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
- 0:47 into the third periodJason Dawe · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Trevor LindenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 34Jassen CullimoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 19 | 2 | .895 |
| 30Mike FountainG | 0 | 0 | – |