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Thursday, December 26, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena

Whalers 1 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Dominik Hasek Sabres First Star 26 SV · .963 L 83OVR Dixon Ward Sabres Second Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG R 81OVR Donald Audette Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:54 Dixon Ward (6) Brian Holzinger (15), Donald Audette (9) HFD 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:20 Anatoli Semenov (2) Matthew Barnaby (12), Michal Grosek (11) HFD 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 15:24 Michael Peca (7) Randy Burridge (13), Jason Dawe (12) HFD 0 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:02 Derek Plante (17) Matthew Barnaby (13), Michal Grosek (12) HFD 0 – 4 BUF
  2. 5:44 Donald Audette (12) Dixon Ward (15), Bob Boughner (4) HFD 0 – 5 BUF
  3. 15:58 Paul Ranheim (6) Steve Martins (1), Curtis Leschyshyn (11) HFD 1 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

No scoring

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Paul Ranheim L 1 0 3 0 0.98
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 1 2 0 0.78
Steve Martins C 0 1 1 0 0.70
Hnat Domenichelli L 0 0 0 0 0.00
Robert Kron C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 2 -1 0.00
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 4 -2 0.00
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 3 -2 -0.08
Glen Wesley D 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Mark Janssens C 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 2 -1 -0.15
Kevin Haller D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 -1 -0.15
Steven Rice R 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Alexander Godynyuk D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 -3 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jason Muzzatti L 5 2 3 .400 15:24 -2.05
Jean-Sebastien Giguere — 16 14 2 .875 44:36 -0.10

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Dixon Ward L 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Donald Audette R 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Michal Grosek L 0 2 0 +2 1.55
Matthew Barnaby R 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Michael Peca C 1 0 4 +1 1.05
Randy Burridge L 0 1 3 +1 1.00
Anatoli Semenov C 1 0 1 +1 0.98
Derek Plante C 1 0 2 0 0.90
Jason Dawe R 0 1 1 +1 0.85
Brian Holzinger C 0 1 0 +2 0.78
Bob Boughner D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 +2 0.30
Barrie Moore L 0 0 2 0 0.15
Garry Galley D 0 0 0 +1 0.15
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 2 +1 0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0.00
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 2 0 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 27 26 1 .963 60:00 1.85