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Friday, October 18, 1996 · Capital Centre

Sabres 4 at Capitals 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Dominik Hasek Sabres First Star 31 SV · .969 L 83OVR Dixon Ward Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 87OVR Derek Plante Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 19:44 Alexei Zhitnik (1) SHG Jason Dawe (2), Brian Holzinger (1) BUF 1 – 0 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 15:03 Richard Zednik (2) PPG Jason Allison (1), Phil Housley (4) BUF 1 – 1 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 5:02 Michal Grosek (1) Dixon Ward (2) BUF 2 – 1 WSH
  2. 14:50 Dixon Ward (1) Michal Grosek (2), Derek Plante (3) BUF 3 – 1 WSH
  3. 19:39 Derek Plante (2) Darryl Shannon (1) BUF 4 – 1 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dixon Ward L 1 1 4 +2 1.98
Derek Plante C 1 1 2 +3 1.98
Michal Grosek L 1 1 3 +2 1.75
Alexei Zhitnik D 1 0 2 +2 1.05
Brian Holzinger C 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Jason Dawe R 0 1 0 +1 0.63
Donald Audette R 0 0 4 +1 0.45
Curtis Brown C 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 1 +1 0.22
Anatoli Semenov C 0 0 2 0 0.15
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 0 0.08
Randy Burridge L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Garry Galley D 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 +2 0.00
Michael Peca C 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 0 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 32 31 1 .969 60:00 2.35

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jason Allison C 0 1 3 -1 0.70
Richard Zednik R 1 0 2 -2 0.60
Phil Housley D 0 1 5 -2 0.55
Peter Bondra R 0 0 8 -1 0.30
Michal Pivonka C 0 0 4 -1 0.15
Sylvain Cote D 0 0 1 0 0.08
Stefan Ustorf L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Sergei Gonchar D 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Mark Tinordi D 0 0 1 0 -0.08
Joe Juneau C 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Calle Johansson D 0 0 2 -2 -0.15
Steve Konowalchuk L 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Dale Hunter C 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Kelly Miller L 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Joe Reekie D 0 0 2 -2 -0.30
Craig Berube L 0 0 0 0 -0.38
Keith Jones R 0 0 0 -2 -0.45
Ken Klee D 0 0 0 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Olie Kolzig L 25 22 3 .880 59:35 -0.05