Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Saturday, December 28, 1996 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on Saturday, December 28, 1996 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 29–21.
Goals came from Fredrik Olausson and Mario Lemieux.
Patrick Lalime made 21 saves on 21 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 27 of 29.
Scoring
1st period
Fredrik Olausson (4)Joe Mullen (4), Mario Lemieux (31)0–118:54 PIT
3rd period
Mario Lemieux (25)Kevin Hatcher (25), Ron Francis (31)0–205:35 PIT ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
2129
0%0%
0/61/5
1423
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:24 into the first period
Michael Peca · roughing2 min - 10:11 into the first periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 10:11 into the first period
Tomas Sandstrom · boarding5 min - 10:11 into the first periodTomas Sandstrom · game misconduct10 min
- 12:26 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 13:00 into the first periodJason Woolley · hooking2 min
- 14:05 into the first periodGarry Galley · hooking2 min
- 11:55 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · slashing2 min
- 16:08 into the second periodMario Lemieux · boarding2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodPetr Nedved · high sticking2 min
- 0:21 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · slashing2 min
- 4:28 into the third periodMichal Grosek · hooking2 min
- 9:12 into the third periodCraig Muni · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 93Anatoli SemenovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 29 | 2 | .931 |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 10 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 29Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Philippe De RouvilleG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 21 | 0 | 1.000 |