Hartford Whalers vs Ottawa Senators
Regular season · Wednesday, April 9, 1997 · Corel Centre
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Hartford Whalers 5–4 on Wednesday, April 9, 1997 at Corel Centre. The Senators outshot the Whalers 37–25.
Andrew Cassels scored twice. Steve Duchesne, Andreas Dackell, Shawn McEachern, Geoff Sanderson, Bruce Gardiner, Steven Rice and Randy Cunneyworth also scored.
Ron Tugnutt made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 32 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Duchesne (18)Sergei Zholtok (15)0–101:52 OTT
Andreas Dackell (12)Denny Lambert (16), Radek Bonk (12)0–214:53 OTT
2nd period
Shawn McEachern (11)Alexei Yashin (38)0–308:53 OTT · 
Geoff Sanderson (36)Adam Burt (11), Andrew Cassels (43)1–309:38 HFD
3rd period
Andrew Cassels (21)Geoff Sanderson (29), Steve Chiasson (22)2–304:11 HFD · 
Bruce Gardiner (11)Alexei Yashin (39), Tom Chorske (8)2–405:57 OTT
Steven Rice (20)Sami Kapanen (12)3–408:26 HFD- Andrew Cassels (22)Geoff Sanderson (30), Kevin Dineen (29)4–409:22 HFD
Randy Cunneyworth (12)Steve Duchesne (27)4–512:49 OTT ·
Team stats
HFDOTT
2537
0%0%
1/51/5
1412
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 8:14 into the first period
Sean Burke · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:18 into the first period
Shawn McEachern · interference2 min - 14:53 into the first periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 7:27 into the second periodBruce Gardiner · roughing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodDenny Lambert · hooking2 min
- 11:29 into the second periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodRadek Bonk · boarding2 min
- 17:50 into the second periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 4:03 into the third periodJanne Laukkanen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:26 into the third periodKevin Haller · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:26 into the third periodBench · delaying game2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodKeith Primeau · elbowing2 min
Season series
Hartford Whalers
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 21Andrew CasselsC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 12Steven RiceR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 5Alexander GodynyukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 14Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 20Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
| 29Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – |
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | W | 25 | 4 | .840 |