Toronto Maple Leafs vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Tuesday, December 17, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the San Jose Sharks 6–3 on Tuesday, December 17, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Maple Leafs 31–23.
Mats Sundin scored twice. Doug Gilmour, Tony Granato, Darby Hendrickson, Kirk Muller, Bernie Nicholls, Andrei Nazarov and Sergei Berezin also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Doug Gilmour (7)Tie Domi (7), Mats Sundin (24)1–000:45 TOR · 
Tony Granato (11)Greg Hawgood (4), Jeff Friesen (6)1–105:16 SJS
Darby Hendrickson (4)Sergei Berezin (7)2–105:29 TOR
2nd period
Kirk Muller (10)Darby Hendrickson (5), Matt Martin (1)3–104:59 TOR
Bernie Nicholls (6)Tony Granato (4), Jeff Friesen (7)3–208:40 SJS
Andrei Nazarov (5)Ron Sutter (3), Todd Gill (14)3–314:00 SJS
3rd period
Sergei Berezin (11)Mats Sundin (25), Matt Martin (2)4–300:32 TOR
Mats Sundin (18)Unassisted5–302:31 TOR- Mats Sundin (19)Doug Gilmour (20), Larry Murphy (15)6–319:15 TOR ·
Team stats
TORSJS
2331
0%0%
1/10/3
214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:18 into the first period
Viktor Kozlov · hooking2 min - 9:28 into the first period
Todd Warriner · elbowing5 min - 9:28 into the first periodTodd Warriner · game misconduct10 min
- 9:52 into the second periodOwen Nolan · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodRob Zettler · roughing2 min
- 9:52 into the second periodFelix Potvin · roughing2 min
- 15:34 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · holding2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.