Hartford Whalers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, January 25, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Saturday, January 25, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Whalers 36–18.
Nelson Emerson scored twice. Curtis Leschyshyn, Geoff Sanderson, Hnat Domenichelli and Randy Burridge also scored.
Sean Burke made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 13 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Curtis Leschyshyn (4)Nelson Emerson (17), Kevin Brown (1)1–005:08 HFD · 
Nelson Emerson (5)Kevin Dineen (20)2–009:06 HFD · 
Geoff Sanderson (26)Nelson Emerson (18), Glen Wesley (19)3–014:03 HFD ·
3rd period
Hnat Domenichelli (1)Keith Primeau (18), Nelson Emerson (19)4–006:49 HFD
Randy Burridge (9)Darryl Shannon (14)4–108:53 BUF · - Nelson Emerson (6)Hnat Domenichelli (1)5–115:42 HFD
Team stats
HFDBUF
1836
0%0%
2/60/7
2838
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Jason Dawe · slashing2 min - 5:34 into the first periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 7:29 into the first period
Robert Kron · slashing2 min - 12:10 into the first periodGarry Galley · misconduct10 min
- 12:10 into the first periodDominik Hasek · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 12:10 into the first periodRob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:28 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 15:28 into the first periodKeith Primeau · fighting5 min
- 17:01 into the first periodKent Manderville · tripping2 min
- 18:06 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
- 18:37 into the first periodKevin Brown · tripping2 min
- 8:46 into the second periodAlexander Godynyuk · holding2 min
- 12:23 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · roughing2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodDonald Audette · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 13:34 into the second periodKent Manderville · roughing2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 16:55 into the second periodGlen Wesley · hooking2 min
- 17:56 into the second periodNelson Emerson · high sticking2 min
- 3:21 into the third periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 7:07 into the third periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 18:53 into the third periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 18:53 into the third periodStu Grimson · fighting5 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 3 | – |
| 17Hnat DomenichelliL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 46Kevin BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 4Gerald DiduckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 23Marek MalikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 36 | 1 | .972 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 18 | 5 | .722 |