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Sunday, February 4, 1996 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Lightning 5 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 76OVR John Cullen Lightning First Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG G 98OVR Daren Puppa Lightning Second Star 26 SV · .929 L 80OVR Rob Zamuner Lightning Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:28 Jason Wiemer (2) PPG Unassisted TBL 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 10:27 John Cullen (10) PPG Alexander Selivanov (15) TBL 2 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:46 Derek Plante (11) PPG Alexei Zhitnik (22), Garry Galley (25) TBL 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 3:54 Chris Gratton (13) Petr Klima (26) TBL 3 – 1 BUF
  3. 9:25 Shawn Burr (8) David Shaw (5), John Cullen (25) TBL 4 – 1 BUF
  4. 19:41 Jason Dawe (13) Brad May (17) TBL 4 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 10:55 Rob Zamuner (10) Mikael Andersson (6), Enrico Ciccone (3) TBL 5 – 2 BUF

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
John Cullen C 1 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 1.60
Rob Zamuner L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Mikael Andersson R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Petr Klima R 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
David Shaw D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Shawn Burr L 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Chris Gratton C 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 0.83
Jason Wiemer C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.75
Alexander Selivanov R 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.63
Brian Bradley C 0 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 0.45
Enrico Ciccone D 0 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.32
Brian Bellows L 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Cory Cross D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Aaron Gavey C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Michel Petit D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rudy Poeschek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Chris Lipuma D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Daren Puppa W 28 26 2 .929 60:00 1.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Plante C 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.90
Brad May L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Garry Galley D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Jason Dawe R 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Pat LaFontaine C 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.45
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Randy Burridge L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Michael Peca C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Dave Hannan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Yuri Khmylev L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Brent Hughes L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mark Astley D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Craig Muni D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Charlie Huddy D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -1.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek L 33 28 5 .848 60:00 -0.95