Saturday, November 30, 1996 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sabres 3 at Islanders 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
14:50
Donald Audette
(6)
Mike Wilson (4), Dixon Ward (10)
BUF 1 – 0 NYI
2nd Period
-
0:46
Alexei Zhitnik
(2)
PPG
Garry Galley (11), Donald Audette (4)
BUF 2 – 0 NYI
-
2:54
Bryan Berard
(2)
Bryan Smolinski (3), Travis Green (9)
BUF 2 – 1 NYI
3rd Period
-
5:55
Dixon Ward
(3)
Darryl Shannon (5), Matthew Barnaby (7)
BUF 3 – 1 NYI
-
9:27
Derek Armstrong
(2)
Bryan Berard (12)
BUF 3 – 2 NYI
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1.83 |
| Donald Audette R | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1.30 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1.00 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 0.70 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.68 |
| Garry Galley D | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0.63 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.40 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Anatoli Semenov C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Randy Burridge L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Barrie Moore L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Ruman Ndur D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 | 1.20 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Berard D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.45 |
| Derek Armstrong C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0.63 |
| Dan Plante R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Randy Wood R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Marty Mcinnis L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Niklas Andersson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 0 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 0.08 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.07 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Derek King L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.23 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.45 |
| Mick Vukota R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.90 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Fichaud | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0:34 | 0.00 |
| Tommy Salo | L | 19 | 16 | 3 | .842 | 58:56 | -0.65 |