St. Louis Blues vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the St. Louis Blues 5–3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Blues outshot the Whalers 29–27.
Steven Rice scored twice. Joe Murphy, Keith Primeau, Al MacInnis, Pierre Turgeon, Kevin Dineen and Andrew Cassels also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jon Casey stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Murphy (7)Pierre Turgeon (19), Stephane Matteau (10)1–001:39 STL
2nd period
Keith Primeau (11)Nelson Emerson (11), Robert Kron (6)1–113:23 HFD · 
Al MacInnis (9)Unassisted2–114:20 STL
Steven Rice (7)Curtis Leschyshyn (8), Nelson Emerson (12)2–219:00 HFD ·
3rd period
Pierre Turgeon (4)Brett Hull (16), Joe Murphy (6)3–201:53 STL · - Steven Rice (8)Keith Primeau (9), Nelson Emerson (13)3–307:08 HFD
Kevin Dineen (8)Curtis Leschyshyn (9), Andrew Cassels (20)3–412:43 HFD · 
Andrew Cassels (8)Kevin Dineen (13)3–519:58 HFD ·
Team stats
STLHFD
2927
0%0%
1/53/6
2512
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:05 into the first period
Nelson Emerson · slashing2 min - 8:05 into the first periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 8:05 into the first period
Jim Campbell · spearing5 min - 8:05 into the first periodJim Campbell · game misconduct10 min
- 4:01 into the second periodLibor Zabransky · tripping2 min
- 5:35 into the second periodAdam Burt · hooking2 min
- 11:49 into the second periodGeoff Courtnall · high sticking2 min
- 15:50 into the second periodKeith Primeau · tripping2 min
- 17:52 into the second periodStephane Matteau · holding the stick2 min
- 0:51 into the third periodKeith Primeau · holding2 min
- 2:28 into the third periodAlexander Vasilevskii · roughing2 min
- 5:05 into the third periodAlexander Godynyuk · holding2 min
- 10:54 into the third periodStephane Matteau · holding2 min
Season series
St. Louis Blues
| 17Joe MurphyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 77Pierre TurgeonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 16Brett HullR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 2Al MacInnisD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 10Jim CampbellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Geoff CourtnallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Alexander VasilevskiiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Tony TwistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Jamal MayersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter ZezelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 37Harry YorkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Ricard PerssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 43Libor ZabranskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Chris ProngerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jamie McLennanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Jon CaseyG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 37Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |