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Sunday, February 16, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

Sharks 2 at Sabres 6

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 83OVR Jason Dawe Sabres First Star 2G · 4 SOG D 81OVR Alexei Zhitnik Sabres Second Star 2A · 3 SOG L 83OVR Dixon Ward Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:34 Dixon Ward (8) SHG Michael Peca (19) SJS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 7:29 Donald Audette (19) PPG Derek Plante (15), Garry Galley (24) SJS 0 – 2 BUF
  3. 12:16 Jason Dawe (17) PPG Alexei Zhitnik (21), Michael Peca (20) SJS 0 – 3 BUF
  4. 19:14 Jason Dawe (18) Ed Ronan (2), Mike Wilson (8) SJS 0 – 4 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 2:59 Donald Audette (20) Dixon Ward (24), Alexei Zhitnik (22) SJS 0 – 5 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 9:10 Jeff Friesen (17) Bob Errey (3) SJS 1 – 5 BUF
  2. 9:54 Michal Grosek (12) Derek Plante (16), Matthew Barnaby (20) SJS 1 – 6 BUF
  3. 11:31 Owen Nolan (23) Vlastimil Kroupa (2) SJS 2 – 6 BUF

San Jose Sharks

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jeff Friesen L 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Bob Errey L 0 1 2 +2 0.93
Owen Nolan R 1 0 8 0 0.83
Vlastimil Kroupa D 0 1 2 -2 0.48
Doug Bodger D 0 0 2 +1 0.30
Shean Donovan R 0 0 2 0 0.15
Ron Sutter C 0 0 0 0 0.00
Todd Ewen R 0 0 0 +1 0.00
Bernie Nicholls C 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Marty McSorley D 0 0 2 +2 -0.08
Stephen Guolla C 0 0 3 -3 -0.22
Tony Granato R 0 0 1 -1 -0.22
Greg Hawgood D 0 0 1 -2 -0.22
Chris Tancill R 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Viktor Kozlov C 0 0 4 -3 -0.30
Marcus Ragnarsson D 0 0 0 -1 -0.30
Todd Gill D 0 0 0 -2 -0.30
Dody Wood C 0 0 1 0 -1.13
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Wade Flaherty L 35 29 6 .829 60:00 -1.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG +/- GS
Jason Dawe R 2 0 4 +1 1.95
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 2 3 +3 1.78
Dixon Ward L 1 1 1 +2 1.75
Derek Plante C 0 2 3 +1 1.63
Donald Audette R 2 0 3 0 1.58
Michael Peca C 0 2 2 +1 1.55
Michal Grosek L 1 0 4 +1 1.20
Ed Ronan R 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Mike Wilson D 0 1 0 +1 0.78
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 1 +1 0.70
Garry Galley D 0 1 1 -1 0.55
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 3 0 0.22
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 3 -1 0.07
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 +1 0.07
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 -1 -0.08
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 +2 -0.08
Brad May L 0 0 3 -2 -0.52
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 2 -1 -0.53
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 33 31 2 .939 59:49 1.60