The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5 to 3, on December 18, 1996.

Final

Lightning

11-16-3

3

Sabres

16-14-2

5

Team

TBL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

BUF

Derek Plante (EV) assisted by Michal Grosek and Mike Wilson

Dixon Ward (EV) assisted by Anatoli Semenov and Rob Ray

2nd period

TBL

BUF

Jason Dawe (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik

Roman Hamrlik (EV) assisted by Brian Bradley and Brantt Myhres

Dino Ciccarelli (EV) assisted by Daymond Langkow

3rd period

TBL

BUF

Derek Plante (EV) assisted by Mike Wilson and Michal Grosek

Drew Bannister (EV) assisted by Chris Gratton and John Cullen

Matthew Barnaby (EV-EN) assisted by Dominik Hasek

Lightning

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Lightning

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rick Tabaracci (L) R. Tabaracci	0	1	0	24	20	.833	4	4.01	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Drew Bannister D. Bannister	1	0	1	-1	0	2	50.0
Brian Bradley B. Bradley	0	1	1	-3	0	0
Paul Brousseau P. Brousseau	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0.0
Shawn Burr S. Burr	0	0	0	-2	0	0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	1	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Cory Cross C. Cross	0	0	0	0	4	2	0.0
John Cullen J. Cullen	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	1	0	1	-1	0	4	25.0
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Daymond Langkow D. Langkow	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0.0
Brantt Myhres B. Myhres	0	1	1	+1	0	0
Rudy Poeschek R. Poeschek	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Patrick Poulin P. Poulin	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0.0
Alexander Selivanov A. Selivanov	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Craig Wolanin C. Wolanin	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Zamuner R. Zamuner	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	32	29	.906	3	3.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	1	0	1	+2	0	0	1	100.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	2	0	2	+2	0	1	3	66.7
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0.0