Hartford Whalers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Tuesday, November 12, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Tuesday, November 12, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Whalers 28–23.
Goals came from Curtis Leschyshyn, Glen Featherstone, Steven Rice, Robert Kron, Tony Granato, Marcus Ragnarsson and Andrei Nazarov.
Sean Burke made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 19 of 23.
Scoring
1st period
Curtis Leschyshyn (2)Keith Primeau (5), Sami Kapanen (4)1–007:05 HFD
Glen Featherstone (1)Jeff O'Neill (3)2–007:43 HFD
2nd period
Steven Rice (3)Keith Primeau (6)3–013:25 HFD
Robert Kron (2)Glen Featherstone (1), Jeff O'Neill (4)4–015:52 HFD ·
3rd period
Tony Granato (7)Jeff Friesen (5)4–105:17 SJS
Marcus Ragnarsson (1)Viktor Kozlov (6), Owen Nolan (12)4–208:55 SJS · 
Andrei Nazarov (4)Al Iafrate (6), Viktor Kozlov (7)4–311:31 SJS
Team stats
HFDSJS
2328
0%0%
1/41/7
1422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:47 into the first period
Glen Wesley · hooking2 min - 10:35 into the first periodAlexander Godynyuk · slashing2 min
- 14:39 into the first period
Tim Hunter · slashing2 min - 0:32 into the second periodTim Hunter · tripping2 min
- 2:23 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · high sticking2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodPaul Coffey · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodTim Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodTim Hunter · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the second periodTim Hunter · misconduct10 min
- 6:57 into the third periodGlen Wesley · tripping2 min
- 9:22 into the third periodCurtis Leschyshyn · holding2 min
- 9:52 into the third periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 10:52 into the third periodPaul Ranheim · high sticking2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Kelly ChaseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 77Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Darrin MadeleyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 23 | 4 | .826 |