Dallas Stars vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Friday, December 20, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the Hartford Whalers 4–1 on Friday, December 20, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Stars outshot the Whalers 36–31.
Goals came from Richard Matvichuk, Craig Ludwig, Nelson Emerson, Greg Adams and Dave Reid.
Arturs Irbe made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Jason Muzzatti stopped 32 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Richard Matvichuk (4)Pat Verbeek (16), Dave Reid (8)1–018:06 DAL
2nd period
Craig Ludwig (2)Mike Modano (18), Benoit Hogue (12)2–007:07 DAL
Nelson Emerson (3)Keith Primeau (10)2–110:06 HFD
Greg Adams (15)Mike Modano (19), Pat Verbeek (17)3–115:03 DAL ·
3rd period
Dave Reid (6)Pat Verbeek (18), Guy Carbonneau (9)4–116:12 DAL
Team stats
DALHFD
3631
0%0%
1/20/3
1311
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:56 into the first period
Todd Harvey · fighting5 min - 2:56 into the first period
Mark Janssens · fighting5 min - 15:54 into the first periodPat Verbeek · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:22 into the second periodMike Lalor · hooking2 min
- 14:27 into the second periodPaul Ranheim · cross checking2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodGrant Marshall · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:16 into the second periodMark Janssens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodJamie Langenbrunner · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:03 into the third periodKevin Dineen · boarding2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 23Greg AdamsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 37Jeff DanielsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | L | 36 | 4 | .889 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |