Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Sabres 29–25.
Goals came from Janne Laukkanen, Donald Audette, Brian Holzinger, Denny Lambert and Michael Peca.
Dominik Hasek made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Janne Laukkanen (3)Randy Cunneyworth (10), Sergei Zholtok (2)0–101:52 OTT · 
Donald Audette (11)Dixon Ward (14), Brian Holzinger (14)1–104:25 BUF
Brian Holzinger (11)Donald Audette (8), Garry Galley (15)2–108:38 BUF
2nd period
Denny Lambert (3)Bruce Gardiner (4), Andreas Dackell (7)2–208:36 OTT
3rd period
Michael Peca (6)Unassisted3–208:32 BUF
Team stats
BUFOTT
2529
0%0%
0/21/3
164
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:36 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min - 0:36 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
- 2:14 into the first periodMike Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 6:34 into the first period
Jason York · interference obstruction2 min - 18:04 into the second periodFrantisek Musil · tripping2 min
- 17:28 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · boarding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 38Jason ZentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |