Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 4, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Buffalo Sabres 7–6 in overtime on Wednesday, December 4, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sabres 38–34.
Martin Gelinas scored twice and Michal Grosek scored a hat trick. Jyrki Lumme, Rob Ray, Donald Audette, Donald Brashear, Troy Crowder, Esa Tikkanen, Michael Peca and Mike Sillinger also scored.
Mike Fountain made 28 saves on 34 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 31 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Jyrki Lumme (3)Markus Naslund (6), Mike Sillinger (7)1–001:33 VAN · 
Martin Gelinas (6)Unassisted2–005:12 VAN
Michal Grosek (5)Matthew Barnaby (8)2–107:09 BUF
2nd period
- Martin Gelinas (7)Unassisted3–102:09 VAN
Rob Ray (3)Michael Peca (7)3–211:23 BUF
Donald Audette (7)Brian Holzinger (8), Dixon Ward (11)3–317:12 BUF
3rd period
Donald Brashear (3)Leif Rohlin (3), David Roberts (4)4–301:42 VAN
Troy Crowder (1)David Roberts (5)5–305:55 VAN- Michal Grosek (6)Alexei Zhitnik (11), Brian Holzinger (9)5–408:44 BUF ·
Esa Tikkanen (5)Adrian Aucoin (7)6–409:53 VAN · 
Michael Peca (5)Jason Dawe (10), Darryl Shannon (6)6–516:12 BUF- Michal Grosek (7)Darryl Shannon (7)6–617:17 BUF
Overtime
Mike Sillinger (5)Markus Naslund (7), Esa Tikkanen (5)7–603:38 VAN
Team stats
VANBUF
3834
0%0%
2/21/4
1511
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:27 into the first period
Donald Audette · high sticking2 min - 11:52 into the first period
Gino Odjick · hooking2 min - 17:38 into the first periodPavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 17:38 into the first periodPavel Bure · high sticking2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the second periodDonald Brashear · high sticking2 min
- 14:28 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 14:28 into the second periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
- 8:12 into the third periodAdrian Aucoin · tripping2 min
- 9:47 into the third periodJay McKee · interference2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | W | 34 | 6 | .824 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 38 | 7 | .816 |