The New York Islanders were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, on November 30, 1996.

Final

Sabres

13-11-1

3

Islanders

6-10-8

2

Team

BUF

NYI

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

NYI

Donald Audette (EV) assisted by Mike Wilson and Dixon Ward

2nd period

BUF

NYI

Alexei Zhitnik (PP) assisted by Garry Galley and Donald Audette

Bryan Berard (PP) assisted by Bryan Smolinski and Travis Green

3rd period

BUF

NYI

Dixon Ward (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon and Matthew Barnaby

Derek Armstrong (EV) assisted by Bryan Berard

Sabres

Islanders

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Islanders

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	29	27	.931	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	1	100.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ruman Ndur R. Ndur	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	1	1	+2	5	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (L) T. Salo	0	1	0	19	16	.842	3	3.05	0	59
Eric Fichaud E. Fichaud				0	0		0	0.00	0	1

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Armstrong D. Armstrong	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	100.0
Travis Green T. Green	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0
Doug Houda D. Houda	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek King D. King	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Claude Lapointe C. Lapointe	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	2	0.0
Marty McInnis M. McInnis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Mick Vukota M. Vukota	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0