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Tuesday, December 31, 1996 · Marine Midland Arena

Devils 5 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 82OVR Bill Guerin Devils First Star 3G · 1A · 5 SOG C 90OVR Bobby Holik Devils Second Star 4A · 2 SOG L 94OVR Dave Andreychuk Devils Third Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:08 Brian Holzinger (12) Donald Audette (10), Dixon Ward (16) NJD 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:09 Bill Guerin (12) Bobby Holik (19), Shawn Chambers (2) NJD 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 14:27 Rob Ray (4) Wayne Primeau (1), Barrie Moore (1) NJD 1 – 2 BUF
  4. 18:25 Michael Peca (8) SHG Alexei Zhitnik (13) NJD 1 – 3 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:17 Alexei Zhitnik (3) PPG Donald Audette (11), Dixon Ward (17) NJD 1 – 4 BUF
  2. 14:56 Derek Plante (18) Matthew Barnaby (14), Mike Wilson (7) NJD 1 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 5:02 Brian Rolston (13) John MacLean (8), Jay Pandolfo (4) NJD 2 – 5 BUF
  2. 10:21 Richard Smehlik (5) PPG Darryl Shannon (11), Jason Dawe (13) NJD 2 – 6 BUF
  3. 11:35 Bill Guerin (13) PPG Scott Niedermayer (13), Bobby Holik (20) NJD 3 – 6 BUF
  4. 17:55 Bill Guerin (14) Bobby Holik (21), Dave Andreychuk (17) NJD 4 – 6 BUF
  5. 18:21 Dave Andreychuk (12) Bobby Holik (22), Bill Guerin (9) NJD 5 – 6 BUF

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Bill Guerin R 3 1 5 0 0 +2 0:00 3.55
Bobby Holik C 0 4 2 0 0 +2 0:00 2.95
Dave Andreychuk L 1 1 4 0 0 +3 0:00 1.98
Shawn Chambers D 0 1 2 0 0 +4 0:00 1.38
John MacLean R 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Jay Pandolfo L 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Brian Rolston R 1 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Scott Stevens D 0 0 2 0 0 +4 0:00 0.60
Scott Niedermayer D 0 1 1 0 0 -3 0:00 0.25
Steve Sullivan L 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Valeri Zelepukin L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Steve Thomas R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Patrik Elias C 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Jason Smith D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.53
Denis Pederson C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.68
Randy Mckay R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.68
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Mike Dunham L 18 15 3 .833 39:03 -0.75
Martin Brodeur — 6 3 3 .500 20:00 -1.95

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alexei Zhitnik D 1 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.38
Donald Audette R 0 2 1 0 0 -1 0:00 1.18
Dixon Ward L 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0:00 1.10
Derek Plante C 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Michael Peca C 1 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Rob Ray R 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.90
Barrie Moore L 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Richard Smehlik D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Mike Wilson D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.70
Brian Holzinger C 1 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.68
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.55
Jason Dawe R 0 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.33
Wayne Primeau C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.10
Randy Burridge L 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Garry Galley D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 36 31 5 .861 60:00 -0.65