Hartford Whalers vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Thursday, October 17, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New York Islanders 3–1 on Thursday, October 17, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Whalers outshot the Islanders 23–21.
Kevin Dineen scored twice. Derek King and Sami Kapanen also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Kevin Dineen (2)Andrew Cassels (3), Glen Wesley (1)1–012:56 HFD
2nd period
- Kevin Dineen (3)Geoff Sanderson (2), Glen Wesley (2)2–013:17 HFD ·
3rd period
Derek King (4)Travis Green (2), Kenny Jonsson (1)2–109:53 NYI
Sami Kapanen (1)Keith Primeau (1), Andrei Nikolishin (4)3–110:14 HFD
Team stats
HFDNYI
2321
0%0%
1/20/7
2111
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:15 into the first period
Robert Kron · tripping2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Todd Bertuzzi · tripping2 min - 16:24 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · slashing2 min
- 0:50 into the second periodKeith Primeau · holding obstruction2 min
- 8:15 into the second periodGlen Featherstone · roughing2 min
- 12:18 into the second periodMarty Mcinnis · tripping2 min
- 16:04 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 16:04 into the second periodMick Vukota · fighting5 min
- 19:05 into the second periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
- 19:05 into the second periodZiggy Palffy · high sticking2 min
- 4:18 into the third periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 12:41 into the third periodGlen Featherstone · holding2 min
- 18:25 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 11Kevin DineenR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Andrei NikolishinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 30Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Islanders
| 27Derek KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 21Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Dave ArchibaldC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Corey FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Tommy SoderstromG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |