Toronto Maple Leafs vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 1996 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Saturday, December 21, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Maple Leafs outshot the Avalanche 40-32.
Mats Sundin scored a hat trick. David Cooper, Scott Young, Freddy Modin, Keith Jones and Larry Murphy also scored.
Felix Potvin made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 33 of 39.
Scoring
1st period
David Cooper (1)Sergei Berezin (8), Doug Gilmour (21)1–007:31 TOR · PPG
Mats Sundin (20)Todd Warriner (5), David Cooper (1)2–019:21 TOR
2nd period
Scott Young (12)Adam Foote (9), Mike Ricci (7)2–101:32 COL- Mats Sundin (21)Doug Gilmour (22), Jamie Macoun (4)3–103:35 TOR
Freddy Modin (3)Mats Sundin (26)4–104:04 TOR
Keith Jones (10)Sandis Ozolinsh (22), Joe Sakic (32)4–208:59 COL · PPG
3rd period
- Mats Sundin (22)Doug Gilmour (23)5–204:35 TOR
Larry Murphy (3)Kelly Fairchild (1)6–212:52 TOR
Team stats
TORCOL
40Shots on goal32
0%Faceoff %0%
1/8Power play1/7
14Penalty minutes16
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 03:51
Darby Hendrickson · roughing2 min - 1st 04:47Doug Gilmour · slashing2 min
- 1st 05:55
Joe Sakic · tripping2 min - 1st 06:22Eric Lacroix · elbowing2 min
- 1st 08:29Mike Craig · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 1st 08:48Joe Sakic · holding obstruction2 min
- 1st 14:45Keith Jones · elbowing2 min
- 1st 19:36Todd Warriner · slashing2 min
- 1st 19:53Valeri Kamensky · interference2 min
- 2nd 08:23Dave Ellett · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:03Sandis Ozolinsh · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:29Wade Belak · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:17Mike Craig · holding2 min
- 3rd 08:10Mike Keane · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 15:32Kirk Muller · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 13Mats SundinC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 11 | – |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 42David CooperD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Kelly FairchildC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Todd WarrinerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 34Jamie MacounD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Mike CraigR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Brian WisemanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Jamie BakerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Kirk MullerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 2Rob ZettlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 24Tom PedersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 60:00 |
| 31Marcel CousineauG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 11Keith JonesR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 5 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade BelakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Josef MarhaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 5 | – |
| 15Yves SaraultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 05:47 | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 39 | 33 | 6 | .846 | 54:12 |