Detroit Red Wings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, October 12, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 on Saturday, October 12, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 35-22.
Goals came from Vyacheslav Kozlov, Steve Yzerman, Tim Taylor, Michael Peca, Igor Larionov, Martin Lapointe and Mathieu Dandenault.
Mike Vernon made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (2)Igor Larionov (2)1–015:41 DET
2nd period
Steve Yzerman (1)Igor Larionov (3), Jamie Pushor (1)2–002:31 DET
3rd period
Tim Taylor (1)Steve Yzerman (2), Nicklas Lidstrom (3)3–000:51 DET · SHG
Michael Peca (1)Garry Galley (1), Jason Dawe (1)3–105:24 BUF
Igor Larionov (1)Steve Yzerman (3), Nicklas Lidstrom (4)4–106:40 DET
Martin Lapointe (1)Sergei Fedorov (1), Brendan Shanahan (1)5–107:45 DET
Mathieu Dandenault (1)Tim Taylor (2), Greg Johnson (2)6–108:55 DET
Team stats
DETBUF
35Shots on goal22
0%Faceoff %0%
0/1Power play0/2
9Penalty minutes7
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 2nd 13:14
Kris Draper · interference2 min - 2nd 19:37Doug Brown · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:44
Michael Peca · charging2 min - 3rd 17:48Rob Ray · fighting5 min
- 3rd 17:48Darren McCarty · fighting5 min
Season series
Detroit Red Wings
| 8Igor LarionovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 37Tim TaylorC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 23Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Doug BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Kris DraperC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 3Bob RouseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Anders ErikssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 60:00 |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 35 | 29 | 6 | .829 | 60:00 |