New Jersey Devils vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Tuesday, December 10, 1996 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–2 on Tuesday, December 10, 1996 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Devils outshot the Maple Leafs 37–27.
Goals came from Brian Rolston, Dmitry Yushkevich, Denis Pederson, Bill Guerin, Tie Domi, Valeri Zelepukin and Dave Andreychuk.
Martin Brodeur made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 16 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Rolston (9)Bobby Holik (15), Bill Guerin (8)1–013:11 NJD
Dmitry Yushkevich (2)Mats Sundin (22)1–117:17 TOR ·
2nd period
Denis Pederson (3)Jay Pandolfo (2), Scott Stevens (5)2–101:21 NJD
Bill Guerin (9)Brian Rolston (9)3–103:44 NJD
Tie Domi (4)Darby Hendrickson (3), Dmitry Yushkevich (4)3–209:40 TOR
3rd period
Valeri Zelepukin (5)Denis Pederson (5), John MacLean (4)4–211:01 NJD
Dave Andreychuk (9)John MacLean (5)5–219:46 NJD
Team stats
NJDTOR
3727
0%0%
0/40/4
1010
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 16:34 into the first period
Matt Martin · holding2 min - 2:14 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · slashing2 min
- 3:08 into the second period
Patrik Elias · interference goalkeeper2 min - 5:01 into the second periodDave Ellett · hooking2 min
- 6:49 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · hooking2 min
- 11:36 into the second periodDave Ellett · hooking2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodShawn Chambers · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodWendel Clark · roughing2 min
- 1:36 into the third periodScott Stevens · tripping2 min
- 11:57 into the third periodSteve Sullivan · high sticking2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Patrik EliasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Kelly FairchildC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Todd WarrinerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike CraigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Brandon ConveryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Wendel ClarkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 37Mark KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Matt MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 23Jeff WareD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |
| 31Marcel CousineauG | 18 | 2 | .889 |