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Saturday, January 25, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

Whalers 5 at Sabres 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 54OVR Nelson Emerson Whalers First Star 2G · 3A · 3 SOG G 91OVR Sean Burke Whalers Second Star 35 SV · .972 L 59OVR Hnat Domenichelli Flames Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:08 Curtis Leschyshyn (4) PPG Nelson Emerson (17), Kevin Brown (1) HFD 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 9:06 Nelson Emerson (5) SHG Kevin Dineen (20) HFD 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 14:03 Geoff Sanderson (26) PPG Nelson Emerson (18), Glen Wesley (19) HFD 3 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 6:49 Hnat Domenichelli (1) Keith Primeau (18), Nelson Emerson (19) HFD 4 – 0 BUF
  2. 8:53 Randy Burridge (9) SHG Darryl Shannon (14) HFD 4 – 1 BUF
  3. 15:42 Nelson Emerson (6) Hnat Domenichelli (1) HFD 5 – 1 BUF

Hartford Whalers

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nelson Emerson R 2 3 3 0 0 +3 0:00 3.90
Hnat Domenichelli L 1 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.68
Geoff Sanderson L 1 0 7 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Curtis Leschyshyn D 1 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.83
Kevin Dineen R 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.55
Keith Primeau C 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.55
Kevin Brown R 0 1 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.48
Adam Burt D 0 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 0.45
Glen Wesley D 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Marek Malik D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Steven Rice R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Gerald Diduck D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Alexander Godynyuk D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.00
Robert Kron C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Andrew Cassels C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Kent Manderville C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.22
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.38
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke W 36 35 1 .972 60:00 2.75

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Randy Burridge L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.85
Michael Peca C 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Dixon Ward L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Jason Dawe R 0 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Donald Audette R 0 0 6 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Barrie Moore L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Mike Wilson D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jay McKee D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Derek Plante C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.53
Brad May L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.68
Garry Galley D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.90
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek L 18 13 5 .722 59:45 -2.45