Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, October 26, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 6–3 on Saturday, October 26, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 29–27.
Richard Smehlik scored twice. Anatoli Semenov, Robert Kron, Kevin Dineen, Pat LaFontaine, Darryl Shannon, Andrei Nikolishin and Rob Ray also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 21 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Anatoli Semenov (1)Alexei Zhitnik (2), Pat LaFontaine (3)0–105:11 BUF · 
Robert Kron (1)Andrei Nikolishin (5), Keith Primeau (3)1–107:36 HFD · 
Kevin Dineen (4)Andrew Cassels (5), Glen Wesley (5)2–110:11 HFD · 
Pat LaFontaine (2)Alexei Zhitnik (3), Richard Smehlik (4)2–214:56 BUF
Richard Smehlik (1)Michael Peca (1), Randy Burridge (5)2–315:33 BUF
2nd period
Darryl Shannon (1)Jason Dawe (4)2–401:54 BUF
Andrei Nikolishin (2)Keith Primeau (4), Adam Burt (2)3–403:11 HFD- Richard Smehlik (2)Alexei Zhitnik (4), Pat LaFontaine (4)3–507:50 BUF ·
Rob Ray (1)Anatoli Semenov (1), Dixon Ward (4)3–615:57 BUF
Team stats
HFDBUF
2927
0%0%
2/32/3
1313
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:18 into the first period
Andrew Cassels · interference goalkeeper2 min - 5:46 into the first period
Jason Dawe · roughing2 min - 9:08 into the first periodGarry Galley · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 10:23 into the first periodGerald Diduck · roughing2 min
- 12:31 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 12:31 into the first periodGerald Diduck · fighting5 min
- 6:36 into the second periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 11:55 into the third periodPaul Ranheim · high sticking2 min
- 16:54 into the third periodDerek Plante · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 10Andrei NikolishinC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 27 | 6 | .778 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |