Saturday, November 9, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center
Sabres 3 at Whalers 4
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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4:56
Jason Dawe (3) PPG Michael Peca (2), Randy Burridge (6) BUF 1 – 0 HFD
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15:46
Matthew Barnaby (2) Darryl Shannon (3) BUF 2 – 0 HFD
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17:18
Keith Primeau (3) PPG Robert Kron (3), Glen Wesley (8) BUF 2 – 1 HFD
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19:21
Geoff Sanderson (8) PPG Adam Burt (4), Kevin Dineen (6) BUF 2 – 2 HFD
2nd Period
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5:42
Geoff Sanderson (9) Kelly Chase (1), Andrew Cassels (10) BUF 2 – 3 HFD
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19:11
Randy Burridge (2) Michael Peca (3) BUF 3 – 3 HFD
3rd Period
No scoring
Overtime
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4:55
Curtis Leschyshyn (1) Geoff Sanderson (9), Glen Wesley (9) BUF 3 – 4 HFD
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Burridge L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.68 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.10 |
| Jason Dawe R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.75 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.40 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.30 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Ruman Ndur D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Anatoli Semenov C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | 0.00 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Barrie Moore L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.38 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.68 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -1.05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | L | 44 | 40 | 4 | .909 | 64:55 | 1.00 |
Hartford Whalers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Sanderson L | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 2.58 |
| Glen Wesley D | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 1.70 |
| Robert Kron C | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 1.45 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | 0.83 |
| Adam Burt D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.78 |
| Kevin Dineen R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0:00 | 0.63 |
| Andrew Cassels C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.48 |
| Paul Ranheim L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.22 |
| Sami Kapanen R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.15 |
| Steven Rice R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Keith Primeau C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0.08 |
| Mark Janssens C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Stu Grimson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Alexander Godynyuk D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.15 |
| Kelly Chase R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0:00 | -0.35 |
| Marek Malik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0:00 | -0.52 |
| Glen Featherstone D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | -0.53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 64:55 | 0.05 |