Tampa Bay Lightning vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–5 in overtime on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Whalers outshot the Lightning 35–32.
Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Dino Ciccarelli, Brian Bradley, Steven Rice, John Cullen, Glen Wesley, Patrick Poulin, Daymond Langkow, Andrew Cassels and Robert Kron also scored.
Jason Muzzatti made 27 saves on 32 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Dino Ciccarelli (16)Unassisted1–010:12 TBL · 
Brian Bradley (7)Dino Ciccarelli (11), Patrick Poulin (8)2–012:26 TBL
Steven Rice (9)Jeff O'Neill (9), Curtis Leschyshyn (10)2–113:06 HFD
John Cullen (8)Patrick Poulin (9), Dino Ciccarelli (12)3–118:59 TBL
2nd period
Glen Wesley (2)Steven Rice (7)3–201:32 HFD · 
Geoff Sanderson (20)Andrew Cassels (21), Marek Malik (3)3–303:22 HFD
Patrick Poulin (6)Chris Gratton (9), John Cullen (20)4–306:14 TBL ·
3rd period
- Geoff Sanderson (21)Kevin Dineen (14), Andrew Cassels (22)4–403:31 HFD ·
Daymond Langkow (2)Rob Zamuner (18), Chris Gratton (10)5–408:21 TBL
Andrew Cassels (9)Kevin Dineen (15), Glen Wesley (11)5–509:18 HFD
Overtime
Robert Kron (4)Glen Wesley (12), Paul Ranheim (5)5–602:11 HFD
Team stats
TBLHFD
3235
0%0%
2/52/7
3622
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:18 into the first period
Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min - 3:18 into the first periodChris Gratton · high sticking2 min
- 9:26 into the first period
Glen Featherstone · roughing2 min - 9:26 into the first periodGlen Featherstone · roughing2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · slashing2 min
- 19:33 into the first periodDavid Shaw · cross checking2 min
- 19:48 into the first periodDrew Bannister · interference obstruction2 min
- 20:00 into the first periodKevin Dineen · fighting5 min
- 20:00 into the first periodCory Cross · fighting5 min
- 5:00 into the second periodMarek Malik · roughing2 min
- 12:43 into the second periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 12:43 into the second periodAllan Egeland · fighting5 min
- 13:52 into the second periodRudy Poeschek · holding2 min
- 16:48 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:12 into the second periodRobert Kron · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:04 into the third periodCory Cross · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodDrew Bannister · tripping2 min
- 4:08 into the third periodDrew Bannister · misconduct10 min
- 5:40 into the third periodKevin Dineen · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian BradleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Paul BrousseauR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Allan EgelandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 74Brantt MyhresR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Craig WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Rudy PoeschekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 55Drew BannisterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 13 | 3 | .769 |
Hartford Whalers
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 36Glen FeatherstoneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | W | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | – |