Dallas Stars vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Sunday, December 29, 1996 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 3–2 on Sunday, December 29, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Stars outshot the Avalanche 23–21.
Goals came from Christian Matte, Mike Modano, Uwe Krupp, Eric Lacroix and Bill Huard.
Patrick Roy made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Christian Matte (1)Eric Lacroix (7), Rene Corbet (6)0–110:37 COL
2nd period
Mike Modano (15)Jere Lehtinen (17), Arturs Irbe (1)1–105:02 DAL · 
Uwe Krupp (3)Sandis Ozolinsh (25)1–205:57 COL · 
Eric Lacroix (12)Joe Sakic (34), Christian Matte (1)1–316:19 COL
3rd period
Bill Huard (1)Joe Nieuwendyk (7), Sergei Zubov (14)2–304:18 DAL
Team stats
DALCOL
2321
0%0%
0/21/3
86
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 13:36 into the first period
Stephane Yelle · hooking obstruction2 min - 17:57 into the first period
Darryl Sydor · interference2 min - 0:42 into the second periodRene Corbet · high sticking2 min
- 4:20 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · slashing2 min
- 17:18 into the second periodRichard Matvichuk · slashing2 min
- 6:27 into the third periodBob Bassen · holding2 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 17Bill HuardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 39Mike KennedyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Craig LudwigD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Colorado Avalanche
| 27Christian MatteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 11Keith JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Yves SaraultL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 23Brent SeverynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |