Buffalo Sabres vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, November 9, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, November 9, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 44–26.
Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Jason Dawe, Matthew Barnaby, Keith Primeau, Randy Burridge and Curtis Leschyshyn also scored.
Sean Burke made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 40 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Dawe (3)Michael Peca (2), Randy Burridge (6)1–004:56 BUF · 
Matthew Barnaby (2)Darryl Shannon (3)2–015:46 BUF
Keith Primeau (3)Robert Kron (3), Glen Wesley (8)2–117:18 HFD · 
Geoff Sanderson (8)Adam Burt (4), Kevin Dineen (6)2–219:21 HFD ·
2nd period
- Geoff Sanderson (9)Kelly Chase (1), Andrew Cassels (10)2–305:42 HFD
Randy Burridge (2)Michael Peca (3)3–319:11 BUF
Overtime
Curtis Leschyshyn (1)Geoff Sanderson (9), Glen Wesley (9)3–404:55 HFD
Team stats
BUFHFD
2644
0%0%
1/82/7
5951
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:13 into the first period
Stu Grimson · elbowing2 min - 6:35 into the first period
Barrie Moore · interference obstruction2 min - 8:56 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 8:56 into the first periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 10:02 into the first periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min
- 10:02 into the first periodMarek Malik · high sticking2 min
- 12:55 into the first periodMark Janssens · high sticking2 min
- 14:41 into the first periodDixon Ward · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the first periodBarrie Moore · high sticking2 min
- 14:41 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · fighting5 min
- 14:41 into the first periodCurtis Leschyshyn · high sticking2 min
- 16:11 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 18:04 into the first periodAndrew Cassels · roughing2 min
- 10:14 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 10:14 into the second periodKelly Chase · fighting5 min
- 10:14 into the second periodKelly Chase · game misconduct10 min
- 13:33 into the second periodMarek Malik · holding2 min
- 15:33 into the second periodAdam Burt · holding2 min
- 16:31 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:37 into the second periodKeith Primeau · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodMichael Peca · high sticking2 min
- 4:31 into the third periodMichael Peca · high sticking2 min
- 5:11 into the third periodGeoff Sanderson · interference obstruction2 min
- 5:47 into the third periodKeith Primeau · hooking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodJason Dawe · interference obstruction2 min
- 17:06 into the third periodKeith Primeau · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:09 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
- 18:09 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · game misconduct10 min
- 18:09 into the third periodBarrie Moore · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:07 into overtimeDominik Hasek · roughing2 min
- 4:07 into overtimeGlen Featherstone · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 40Ruman NdurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 44 | 4 | .909 |
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |