San Jose Sharks vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Wednesday, December 4, 1996 · Reunion Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Dallas Stars 2–1 on Wednesday, December 4, 1996 at Reunion Arena. The Stars outshot the Sharks 36–18.
Goals came from Ulf Dahlen, Marty McSorley and Joe Nieuwendyk.
Kelly Hrudey made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 16 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Ulf Dahlen (4)Darren Turcotte (6)1–004:44 SJS ·
2nd period
Marty McSorley (1)Ron Sutter (2)2–006:09 SJS · 
Joe Nieuwendyk (3)Richard Matvichuk (4)2–119:29 DAL
Team stats
SJSDAL
1836
0%0%
1/60/8
1814
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:20 into the first period
Al Iafrate · delaying game2 min - 4:01 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · interference goalkeeper2 min - 6:02 into the first periodOwen Nolan · high sticking2 min
- 6:02 into the first periodOwen Nolan · high sticking2 min
- 10:06 into the first periodSergei Zubov · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:43 into the first periodTodd Harvey · roughing2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodDoug Bodger · interference obstruction2 min
- 7:17 into the second periodGuy Carbonneau · hooking2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodJamie Langenbrunner · roughing2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 12:11 into the second periodMarty McSorley · roughing2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodAndrei Nazarov · roughing2 min
- 4:54 into the third periodAndrei Nazarov · hooking2 min
- 8:26 into the third periodTodd Harvey · cross checking2 min
- 11:08 into the third periodPat Verbeek · slashing2 min
- 13:23 into the third periodShean Donovan · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Tim HunterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
Dallas Stars
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 18 | 2 | .889 |