New Jersey Devils vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · General Motors Place
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Vancouver Canucks 2–1 on Wednesday, December 18, 1996 at General Motors Place. The Devils outshot the Canucks 30–8.
Goals came from Steve Sullivan, Gino Odjick and Denis Pederson.
Martin Brodeur made 7 saves on 8 shots for the win; Mike Fountain stopped 28 of 30.
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Sullivan (1)Scott Niedermayer (10), Lyle Odelein (3)1–001:24 NJD
Gino Odjick (2)Donald Brashear (2), Dave Babych (7)1–104:52 VAN
3rd period
Denis Pederson (5)Randy Mckay (8), Scott Niedermayer (11)2–108:42 NJD ·
Team stats
NJDVAN
308
0%0%
1/60/2
422
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:51 into the first period
Scott Stevens · hooking2 min - 7:43 into the first period
Mark Wotton · holding2 min - 19:21 into the first periodAdrian Aucoin · holding2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodPavel Bure · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:54 into the second periodKen Daneyko · hooking2 min
- 5:17 into the third periodMartin Gelinas · high sticking double minor4 min
- 13:28 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodGino Odjick · misconduct10 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Bill GuerinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Bobby CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Valeri ZelepukinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 26Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Shawn ChambersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 8 | 1 | .875 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Alexander SemakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Chris JosephD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | L | 30 | 2 | .933 |
| 31Corey HirschG | 0 | 0 | – |