Ottawa Senators vs Hartford Whalers
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 on Saturday, December 28, 1996 at Hartford Civic Center. The Senators outshot the Whalers 32–29.
Alexandre Daigle scored twice and Steven Rice scored twice. Geoff Sanderson also scored.
Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Damian Rhodes stopped 26 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Alexandre Daigle (15)Randy Cunneyworth (12), Janne Laukkanen (6)1–004:57 OTT
Steven Rice (10)Adam Burt (8), Keith Primeau (11)1–107:47 HFD- Alexandre Daigle (16)Randy Cunneyworth (13)2–113:31 OTT
Geoff Sanderson (22)Kevin Dineen (16), Andrew Cassels (23)2–218:53 HFD
3rd period
- Steven Rice (11)Keith Primeau (12), Kevin Haller (7)2–315:17 HFD
Team stats
OTTHFD
3229
0%0%
0/20/4
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 15:14 into the first period
Jason Zent · slashing2 min - 20:00 into the first period
Jeff O'Neill · slashing2 min - 20:00 into the first periodLance Pitlick · slashing2 min
- 1:15 into the second periodMarek Malik · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:27 into the second periodBruce Gardiner · holding2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 13:49 into the second periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 14:25 into the second periodJason York · holding2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodJeff O'Neill · holding the stick2 min
- 17:20 into the second periodWade Redden · hooking2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
- 11:51 into the third periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 20Denis ChasseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Jason ZentL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Frantisek MusilD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | L | 29 | 3 | .897 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |
Hartford Whalers
| 12Steven RiceR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Mark JanssensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Jason McBainD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 47Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | W | 32 | 2 | .938 |