Dallas Stars vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Dallas Stars beat the New York Islanders 3–2 on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Stars outshot the Islanders 29–21.
Goals came from Marty Mcinnis, Richard Matvichuk, Todd Harvey, Derek Armstrong and Joe Nieuwendyk.
Andy Moog made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Marty Mcinnis (10)Bryan McCabe (5), Derek King (14)0–108:30 NYI
2nd period
Richard Matvichuk (5)Jere Lehtinen (15), Sergei Zubov (12)1–101:27 DAL ·
3rd period
Todd Harvey (1)Benoit Hogue (13), Grant Ledyard (7)2–102:28 DAL
Derek Armstrong (3)Dan Plante (5), Scott Lachance (5)2–215:19 NYI
Joe Nieuwendyk (7)Jamie Langenbrunner (8), Sergei Zubov (13)3–218:15 DAL
Team stats
DALNYI
2921
0%0%
0/50/3
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:42 into the first period
Pat Verbeek · boarding2 min - 7:40 into the first period
Niklas Andersson · hooking2 min - 10:03 into the first periodMike Lalor · cross checking2 min
- 14:05 into the first periodDoug Houda · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:19 into the first periodDan Plante · cross checking2 min
- 0:49 into the second periodAndy Moog · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:33 into the second periodDan Plante · hooking obstruction2 min
- 13:45 into the second periodRich Pilon · hooking2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Greg AdamsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Andy MoogG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |
New York Islanders
| 14Derek ArmstrongC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |