Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Thursday, January 9, 1997 · Great Western Forum
Game summary
The Los Angeles Kings beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thursday, January 9, 1997 at Great Western Forum. The Sabres outshot the Kings 31–25.
Dmitri Khristich scored twice. Kevin Stevens, Donald Audette, Philippe Boucher, Randy Burridge, Jason Dawe, Ian Laperriere and Jan Vopat also scored.
Stephane Fiset made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 19 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Dmitri Khristich (10)Jan Vopat (1)0–101:51 LAK
Kevin Stevens (6)Ian Laperriere (10)0–210:47 LAK
Donald Audette (14)Brian Holzinger (16), Barrie Moore (3)1–215:16 BUF
2nd period
Philippe Boucher (5)Vladimir Tsyplakov (8), Dmitri Khristich (24)1–302:25 LAK
Randy Burridge (7)Michael Peca (11)2–313:45 BUF ·
3rd period
Jason Dawe (10)Michael Peca (12), Randy Burridge (16)3–301:22 BUF
Ian Laperriere (4)Unassisted3–403:25 LAK
Jan Vopat (1)Dmitri Khristich (25), Vladimir Tsyplakov (9)3–505:39 LAK- Dmitri Khristich (11)Kai Nurminen (7), Vladimir Tsyplakov (10)3–613:56 LAK
Team stats
BUFLAK
3125
0%0%
0/40/2
610
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:28 into the second period
Doug Zmolek · roughing2 min - 10:20 into the second periodKevin Stevens · roughing2 min
- 13:04 into the second period
Richard Smehlik · hooking2 min - 15:53 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:17 into the second periodDoug Zmolek · roughing2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 8:17 into the third periodJaroslav Modry · roughing2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodPhilippe Boucher · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 25 | 6 | .760 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 8Dmitri KhristichR | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 4 | – |
| 9Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 22Ian LaperriereR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 33Jan VopatD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 21Kai NurminenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 28Philippe BoucherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Eddie OlczykR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 10Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 11Brad SmythR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Matt JohnsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Ray FerraroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 40Barry PotomskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 42Dan BylsmaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Doug ZmolekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 5Aki BergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Mattias NorstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – |
| 15Jaroslav ModryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Stephane FisetG | W | 31 | 3 | .903 |