New Jersey Devils vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, October 19, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the New Jersey Devils 6–2 on Saturday, October 19, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Devils outshot the Whalers 36–26.
Keith Primeau scored twice. Valeri Zelepukin, Andrew Cassels, Jeff O'Neill, Marek Malik, Bill Guerin and Andrei Nikolishin also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Jeff Reese stopped 20 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Valeri Zelepukin (2)Brian Rolston (2), Scott Niedermayer (2)1–002:45 NJD · 
Andrew Cassels (1)Geoff Sanderson (3), Glen Wesley (3)1–113:02 HFD
Jeff O'Neill (3)Robert Kron (2), Paul Ranheim (1)1–214:16 HFD
Marek Malik (1)Unassisted1–315:24 HFD
2nd period
Bill Guerin (3)Brian Rolston (3), Scott Niedermayer (3)2–301:01 NJD ·
3rd period
Keith Primeau (1)Geoff Sanderson (4), Kevin Dineen (2)2–401:10 HFD · - Keith Primeau (2)Sami Kapanen (1), Alexander Godynyuk (2)2–505:41 HFD
Andrei Nikolishin (1)Keith Primeau (2), Glen Wesley (4)2–609:37 HFD
Team stats
NJDHFD
3626
0%0%
2/51/7
2622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:40 into the first period
Keith Primeau · holding2 min - 9:27 into the first periodKeith Primeau · charging2 min
- 9:27 into the first periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 9:27 into the first period
Randy Mckay · high sticking2 min - 9:27 into the first periodMike Peluso · roughing2 min
- 9:27 into the first periodMike Peluso · fighting5 min
- 0:31 into the second periodAlexander Godynyuk · holding2 min
- 6:11 into the second periodScott Niedermayer · tripping2 min
- 9:01 into the second periodStu Grimson · high sticking2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodSergei Brylin · high sticking2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodSergei Brylin · high sticking2 min
- 13:29 into the second periodLyle Odelein · high sticking2 min
- 16:35 into the second periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
- 16:35 into the second periodRandy Mckay · fighting5 min
- 17:37 into the second periodMarek Malik · interference2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 0:22 into the third periodKen Daneyko · cross checking2 min
- 4:00 into the third periodGerald Diduck · holding2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Mike PelusoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Jeff ReeseG | L | 26 | 6 | .769 |
Hartford Whalers
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 30Manny LegaceG | 0 | 0 | – |