Tampa Bay Lightning vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Saturday, December 7, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 on Saturday, December 7, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sharks 28–23.
Ron Sutter scored twice. Alexander Selivanov, Patrick Poulin, Owen Nolan, Rob Zamuner and Cory Cross also scored.
Rick Tabaracci made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Kelly Hrudey stopped 24 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Ron Sutter (2)Unassisted0–112:17 SJS ·
2nd period
Alexander Selivanov (7)John Cullen (16), Roman Hamrlik (10)1–105:16 TBL · 
Patrick Poulin (5)Rob Zamuner (13)2–113:09 TBL ·
3rd period
Owen Nolan (12)Darren Turcotte (7), Doug Bodger (5)2–204:33 SJS
Rob Zamuner (6)Chris Gratton (6)3–210:28 TBL- Ron Sutter (3)Todd Ewen (1), Todd Gill (13)3–313:07 SJS
Cory Cross (1)Patrick Poulin (7), Dino Ciccarelli (9)4–319:13 TBL
Team stats
TBLSJS
2823
0%0%
1/50/1
1132
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:21 into the first period
Andrei Nazarov · checking from behind5 min - 8:21 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · game misconduct10 min
- 13:32 into the first periodMarty McSorley · fighting5 min
- 13:32 into the first period
Brantt Myhres · fighting5 min - 15:34 into the first periodRon Sutter · hooking2 min
- 16:12 into the first periodBernie Nicholls · interference2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodJeff Friesen · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the second periodDavid Shaw · roughing2 min
- 11:24 into the second periodDavid Shaw · tripping2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodDody Wood · roughing2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodMarcus Ragnarsson · tripping2 min
- 15:50 into the third periodBrian Bradley · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 12Ron SutterC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 16Dody WoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | L | 28 | 4 | .857 |