The Hartford Whalers were defeated by the Dallas Stars, 4 to 1, on December 20, 1996.

Final

Stars

20-10-3

4

Whalers

15-11-6

1

Team

DAL

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DAL

HFD

Richard Matvichuk (EV) assisted by Pat Verbeek and Dave Reid

2nd period

DAL

HFD

Craig Ludwig (EV) assisted by Mike Modano and Benoit Hogue

Nelson Emerson (EV) assisted by Keith Primeau

Greg Adams (PP) assisted by Mike Modano and Pat Verbeek

3rd period

DAL

HFD

Dave Reid (EV) assisted by Pat Verbeek and Guy Carbonneau

Stars

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Stars

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Arturs Irbe (W) A. Irbe	1	0	0	31	30	.968	1	1.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Greg Adams G. Adams	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	50.0
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Todd Harvey T. Harvey	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Lalor M. Lalor	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jamie Langenbrunner J. Langenbrunner	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Jere Lehtinen J. Lehtinen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Craig Ludwig C. Ludwig	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	2	50.0
Grant Marshall G. Marshall	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Mike Modano M. Modano	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0	5	0.0
Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	5	20.0
Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	3	3	+3	2	0	1	0	4	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (L) J. Muzzatti	0	1	0	36	32	.889	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	1	0	1	+1	0	4	25.0
Stu Grimson S. Grimson	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	-1	7	1	0.0
Robert Kron R. Kron	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	0	0	-1	2	0
Steven Rice S. Rice	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0