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Saturday, December 7, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center

Sabres 4 at Whalers 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 92OVR Geoff Sanderson Whalers First Star 2G · 2A · 5 SOG R 77OVR Kevin Dineen Whalers Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 89OVR Andrew Cassels Whalers Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 12:35 Geoff Sanderson (17) Kevin Dineen (11), Gerald Diduck (2) BUF 0 – 1 HFD
  2. 16:22 Geoff Sanderson (18) Andrew Cassels (19) BUF 0 – 2 HFD
  3. 17:07 Matthew Barnaby (6) Brian Holzinger (10), Darryl Shannon (8) BUF 1 – 2 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 12:28 Jason Dawe (7) PPG Derek Plante (8), Jay McKee (5) BUF 2 – 2 HFD
  2. 13:05 Matthew Barnaby (7) Darryl Shannon (9), Brian Holzinger (11) BUF 3 – 2 HFD
  3. 15:02 Randy Burridge (6) Michael Peca (8), Dixon Ward (12) BUF 4 – 2 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 1:31 Jeff O'Neill (9) Jeff Daniels (1), Robert Kron (5) BUF 4 – 3 HFD
  2. 3:11 Robert Kron (3) Jeff Daniels (2), Jeff O'Neill (7) BUF 4 – 4 HFD
  3. 4:16 Kevin Dineen (7) Geoff Sanderson (14) BUF 4 – 5 HFD
  4. 15:50 Andrew Cassels (7) Geoff Sanderson (15), Gerald Diduck (3) BUF 4 – 6 HFD

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Matthew Barnaby R 2 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.58
Darryl Shannon D 0 2 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.25
Brian Holzinger C 0 2 3 0 0 -1 0:00 1.18
Randy Burridge L 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Michael Peca C 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Jason Dawe R 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Dixon Ward L 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.63
Jay McKee D 0 1 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Derek Plante C 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.25
Curtis Brown C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Anatoli Semenov C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Wilson D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Donald Audette R 0 0 2 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.45
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek L 36 30 6 .833 58:28 -1.50

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Geoff Sanderson L 2 2 5 0 0 +3 0:00 3.58
Kevin Dineen R 1 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.13
Andrew Cassels C 1 1 2 0 0 +3 0:00 1.98
Robert Kron C 1 1 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.83
Jeff O'Neill C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Jeff Daniels L 0 2 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Gerald Diduck D 0 2 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.63
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Marek Malik D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.30
Adam Burt D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Paul Coffey D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Glen Featherstone D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Steven Rice R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Mark Janssens C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Keith Primeau C 0 0 6 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Kelly Chase R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jason Muzzatti W 26 22 4 .846 60:00 -0.80