Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Wednesday, December 18, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Lightning outshot the Sabres 32-25.
Derek Plante scored twice. Dixon Ward, Jason Dawe, Roman Hamrlik, Dino Ciccarelli, Drew Bannister and Matthew Barnaby also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 20 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Derek Plante (13)Michal Grosek (8), Mike Wilson (5)0–109:42 BUF
Dixon Ward (5)Anatoli Semenov (4), Rob Ray (2)0–216:27 BUF
2nd period
Jason Dawe (8)Alexei Zhitnik (12)0–303:33 BUF
Roman Hamrlik (5)Brian Bradley (9), Brantt Myhres (1)1–307:32 TBL
Dino Ciccarelli (15)Daymond Langkow (1)2–312:01 TBL
3rd period
- Derek Plante (14)Mike Wilson (6), Michal Grosek (9)2–401:38 BUF
Drew Bannister (3)Chris Gratton (8), John Cullen (19)3–415:10 TBL
Matthew Barnaby (8)Dominik Hasek (1)3–519:05 BUF · EN
Team stats
TBLBUF
32Shots on goal25
0%Faceoff %0%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 16:42
Cory Cross · holding2 min - 2nd 08:54Cory Cross · holding the stick2 min
- 2nd 15:03
Richard Smehlik · holding obstruction2 min - 3rd 05:35Bob Boughner · holding2 min
- 3rd 13:06Donald Audette · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12John CullenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 10Paul BrousseauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 59:55 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:58 |