Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Hartford Whalers 5–1 on Thursday, December 26, 1996 at Marine Midland Arena. The Whalers outshot the Sabres 27–21.
Goals came from Dixon Ward, Anatoli Semenov, Michael Peca, Derek Plante, Donald Audette and Paul Ranheim.
Dominik Hasek made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jason Muzzatti stopped 2 of 5.
Scoring
1st period
Dixon Ward (6)Brian Holzinger (15), Donald Audette (9)0–100:54 BUF
Anatoli Semenov (2)Matthew Barnaby (12), Michal Grosek (11)0–208:20 BUF
Michael Peca (7)Randy Burridge (13), Jason Dawe (12)0–315:24 BUF
2nd period
Derek Plante (17)Matthew Barnaby (13), Michal Grosek (12)0–405:02 BUF
Donald Audette (12)Dixon Ward (15), Bob Boughner (4)0–505:44 BUF
Paul Ranheim (6)Steve Martins (1), Curtis Leschyshyn (11)1–515:58 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
2721
0%0%
0/40/5
108
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:08 into the first period
Adam Burt · holding obstruction2 min - 15:48 into the first period
Brian Holzinger · hooking2 min - 19:04 into the first periodMichael Peca · interference2 min
- 13:54 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 18:01 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 3:49 into the third periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 6:25 into the third periodMark Janssens · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 14:42 into the third periodRichard Smehlik · hooking2 min
- 19:05 into the third periodKevin Dineen · high sticking2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 26Steve MartinsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 17Hnat DomenichelliL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | L | 5 | 3 | .400 |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 16 | 2 | .875 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |