Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena
Lightning 3 at Sabres 5
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
9:42
Derek Plante
(13)
Michal Grosek (8), Mike Wilson (5)
TBL 0 – 1 BUF
-
16:27
Dixon Ward
(5)
Anatoli Semenov (4), Rob Ray (2)
TBL 0 – 2 BUF
2nd Period
-
3:33
Jason Dawe
(8)
Alexei Zhitnik (12)
TBL 0 – 3 BUF
-
7:32
Roman Hamrlik
(5)
Brian Bradley (9), Brantt Myhres (1)
TBL 1 – 3 BUF
-
12:01
Dino Ciccarelli
(15)
Daymond Langkow (1)
TBL 2 – 3 BUF
3rd Period
-
1:38
Derek Plante
(14)
Mike Wilson (6), Michal Grosek (9)
TBL 2 – 4 BUF
-
15:10
Drew Bannister
(3)
Chris Gratton (8), John Cullen (19)
TBL 3 – 4 BUF
-
19:05
Matthew Barnaby
(8)
Dominik Hasek (1)
TBL 3 – 5 BUF
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daymond Langkow C | 0 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 1.15 |
| Chris Gratton C | 0 | 1 | 4 | +1 | 1.08 |
| Roman Hamrlik D | 1 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.90 |
| Dino Ciccarelli R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| John Cullen C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.78 |
| Brantt Myhres R | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 0.78 |
| Drew Bannister D | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.75 |
| Rudy Poeschek D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Brian Bradley C | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 0.18 |
| Craig Wolanin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Alexander Selivanov R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Bill Houlder D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Rob Zamuner L | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.08 |
| Patrick Poulin L | 0 | 0 | 4 | -3 | -0.15 |
| Cory Cross D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Igor Ulanov D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Paul Brousseau R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Shawn Burr L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Tabaracci | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 59:55 | -1.00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante C | 2 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 2.03 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 1.78 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 1.48 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0.93 |
| Jason Dawe R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Anatoli Semenov C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 0.52 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Randy Burridge L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Garry Galley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:58 | 0.65 |