Hartford Whalers vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 1997 · Ice Palace
Game summary
The Hartford Whalers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Thursday, March 27, 1997 at Ice Palace. The Lightning outshot the Whalers 42–36.
Steven Rice scored twice. Andrew Cassels, John Cullen, Mikael Andersson, Keith Primeau and Kevin Dineen also scored.
Sean Burke made 40 saves on 42 shots for the win; Rick Tabaracci stopped 31 of 35.
Scoring
1st period
Steven Rice (18)Andrew Cassels (38)1–001:00 HFD- Steven Rice (19)Steve Chiasson (17), Nelson Emerson (26)2–007:48 HFD ·
Andrew Cassels (20)Geoff Sanderson (28), Curtis Leschyshyn (17)3–008:12 HFD
John Cullen (18)Dino Ciccarelli (23), Roman Hamrlik (26)3–116:18 TBL ·
3rd period
Mikael Andersson (5)Bill Houlder (21), Jason Wiemer (4)3–210:20 TBL · 
Keith Primeau (21)Robert Kron (8)4–211:48 HFD
Kevin Dineen (18)Unassisted5–218:49 HFD ·
Team stats
HFDTBL
3642
0%0%
1/61/6
2636
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 5:35 into the first period
Curtis Leschyshyn · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:41 into the first period
Chris Gratton · cross checking2 min - 15:19 into the first periodAdam Burt · holding2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodKevin Dineen · roughing2 min
- 15:19 into the first periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
- 2:11 into the second periodJohn Cullen · slashing2 min
- 2:24 into the second periodNelson Emerson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodAlexander Godynyuk · fighting5 min
- 4:23 into the second periodKevin Haller · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodDino Ciccarelli · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · instigator2 min
- 4:23 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · fighting5 min
- 4:23 into the second periodJamie Huscroft · misconduct10 min
- 9:31 into the second periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 15:39 into the second periodKent Manderville · tripping2 min
- 5:12 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodKevin Haller · holding2 min
- 8:49 into the third periodDino Ciccarelli · slashing2 min
- 12:40 into the third periodSteve Chiasson · fighting5 min
- 12:40 into the third periodAlexander Selivanov · fighting5 min
- 14:24 into the third periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 12Steven RiceR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | W | 42 | 2 | .952 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12John CullenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 22Dino CiccarelliR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 34Mikael AnderssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 2Bill HoulderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 5 | – |
| 7Rob ZamunerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | – |
| 9Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Shawn BurrL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Paul YsebaertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Daymond LangkowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 28Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 29Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | – |
| 4Cory CrossD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jeff NortonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 8Jamie HuscroftD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 27David ShawD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Rick TabaracciG | L | 35 | 4 | .886 |
| 32Corey SchwabG | 0 | 0 | – |