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Friday, December 20, 1996 · Hartford Civic Center

Stars 4 at Whalers 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 72OVR Pat Verbeek Stars First Star 3A · 4 SOG G 54OVR Arturs Irbe Stars Second Star 30 SV · .968 L 79OVR Dave Reid Stars Third Star 1G · 1A · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 18:06 Richard Matvichuk (4) Pat Verbeek (16), Dave Reid (8) DAL 1 – 0 HFD

2nd Period

  1. 7:07 Craig Ludwig (2) Mike Modano (18), Benoit Hogue (12) DAL 2 – 0 HFD
  2. 10:06 Nelson Emerson (3) Keith Primeau (10) DAL 2 – 1 HFD
  3. 15:03 Greg Adams (15) PPG Mike Modano (19), Pat Verbeek (17) DAL 3 – 1 HFD

3rd Period

  1. 16:12 Dave Reid (6) Pat Verbeek (18), Guy Carbonneau (9) DAL 4 – 1 HFD

Dallas Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Pat Verbeek R 0 3 4 0 0 +3 0:00 2.48
Dave Reid L 1 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 2.05
Mike Modano C 0 2 5 0 0 +1 0:00 1.78
Craig Ludwig D 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Guy Carbonneau C 0 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.00
Richard Matvichuk D 1 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.98
Greg Adams L 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Benoit Hogue L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Joe Nieuwendyk C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Jere Lehtinen R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Darryl Sydor D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Grant Ledyard D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Sergei Zubov D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Grant Marshall R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brent Gilchrist L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Lalor D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Todd Harvey R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Jamie Langenbrunner R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Arturs Irbe W 31 30 1 .968 60:00 2.25

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nelson Emerson R 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Keith Primeau C 0 1 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.78
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 6 0 0 0 0:00 0.45
Glen Wesley D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Stu Grimson L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Steven Rice R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Jeff Daniels L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Alexander Godynyuk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Glen Featherstone D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Robert Kron C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Marek Malik D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Mark Janssens C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jason Muzzatti L 36 32 4 .889 60:00 0.20