Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 20, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 6–2 on Friday, December 20, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Kings outshot the Sabres 39–37.
Brian Holzinger scored twice and Derek Plante scored twice. Ray Ferraro, John Slaney, Matthew Barnaby and Donald Audette also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Stephane Fiset stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Ray Ferraro (13)Vladimir Tsyplakov (5)1–007:55 LAK
John Slaney (3)Ian Laperriere (6)2–009:35 LAK
Brian Holzinger (9)Donald Audette (7)2–112:22 BUF
Matthew Barnaby (9)Michal Grosek (10), Derek Plante (10)2–217:53 BUF
2nd period
Donald Audette (10)Garry Galley (14), Brian Holzinger (13)2–308:09 BUF
3rd period
- Brian Holzinger (10)Dixon Ward (13), Richard Smehlik (9)2–417:28 BUF
Derek Plante (15)Unassisted2–519:00 BUF · - Derek Plante (16)Matthew Barnaby (11)2–619:10 BUF
Team stats
LAKBUF
3937
0%0%
0/30/2
2729
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:05 into the first period
Brad Smyth · holding2 min - 10:04 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min - 10:04 into the first periodBarry Potomski · fighting5 min
- 12:49 into the first periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodBrent Grieve · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the first periodBrent Grieve · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 17:58 into the first periodBrad May · fighting5 min
- 17:58 into the first periodBrent Grieve · fighting5 min
- 11:23 into the second periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 11:23 into the second periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 11:23 into the second periodIan Laperriere · elbowing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodSteven Finn · high sticking2 min
- 0:24 into the third periodDarryl Shannon · fighting5 min
- 0:24 into the third periodKevin Stevens · fighting5 min
- 8:08 into the third periodRob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 8:08 into the third periodBarry Potomski · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 27John SlaneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 40Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 41Brent GrieveL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | – |
| 6Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 29Steven FinnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 6 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |