Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, December 26, 1996 · San Jose Arena
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–1 on Thursday, December 26, 1996 at San Jose Arena. The Sharks outshot the Canucks 35–27.
Goals came from Andrei Nazarov, Mike Ridley, Jeff Friesen, Owen Nolan, Tony Granato, Al Iafrate and Bernie Nicholls.
Kelly Hrudey made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Corey Hirsch stopped 29 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Nazarov (6)Tony Granato (5)0–100:15 SJS
Mike Ridley (11)Alexander Mogilny (16), Martin Gelinas (10)1–113:20 VAN
Jeff Friesen (9)Bernie Nicholls (19), Owen Nolan (16)1–214:34 SJS
2nd period
Owen Nolan (14)Tony Granato (6), Bernie Nicholls (20)1–300:56 SJS · 
Tony Granato (12)Darren Turcotte (9), Marcus Ragnarsson (3)1–406:35 SJS
Al Iafrate (5)Viktor Kozlov (9), Ulf Dahlen (7)1–518:25 SJS · 
Bernie Nicholls (7)Viktor Kozlov (10), Owen Nolan (17)1–619:02 SJS
Team stats
VANSJS
2735
0%0%
0/62/5
1618
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Greg Hawgood · hooking obstruction2 min - 4:47 into the first period
Dave Babych · interference2 min - 5:58 into the first periodTony Granato · slashing2 min
- 5:58 into the first periodMike Ridley · slashing2 min
- 8:55 into the first periodPavel Bure · roughing2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodOwen Nolan · high sticking2 min
- 9:08 into the first periodOwen Nolan · high sticking2 min
- 17:03 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · interference2 min
- 0:21 into the second periodAdrian Aucoin · hooking2 min
- 18:12 into the second periodDana Murzyn · roughing2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodRon Sutter · holding the stick2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodRon Sutter · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:40 into the third periodDavid Roberts · slashing2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodTony Granato · roughing2 min
- 12:11 into the third periodMartin Gelinas · roughing2 min
- 16:15 into the third periodGino Odjick · cross checking2 min
- 19:24 into the third periodGreg Hawgood · slashing2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 17Mike RidleyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 7David RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 8Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 14Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Troy CrowderR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 19Markus NaslundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 96Pavel BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mark WottonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corey HirschG | L | 35 | 6 | .829 |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Owen NolanR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 21Tony GranatoR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 39Jeff FriesenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 43Al IafrateD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Ron SutterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36Todd EwenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Doug BodgerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Greg HawgoodD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 38Michal SykoraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kelly HrudeyG | W | 27 | 1 | .963 |