The Ottawa Senators came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, on December 21, 1996.

Final

Sabres

18-14-2

3

Senators

9-15-7

2

Team

BUF

OTT

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

OTT

Janne Laukkanen (PP) assisted by Randy Cunneyworth and Sergei Zholtok

Donald Audette (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward and Brian Holzinger

Brian Holzinger (EV) assisted by Donald Audette and Garry Galley

2nd period

BUF

OTT

Denny Lambert (EV) assisted by Bruce Gardiner and Andreas Dackell

3rd period

BUF

OTT

Michael Peca (EV) unassisted

Sabres

Senators

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Senators

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	GWG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	1	2	+2	0	0	3	33.3
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	-1	12	0	2	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	1	1	2	+2	2	0	1	100.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	50.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Damian Rhodes (L) D. Rhodes	0	1	0	25	22	.880	3	3.04	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Daniel Alfredsson D. Alfredsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0
Randy Cunneyworth R. Cunneyworth	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0
Andreas Dackell A. Dackell	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexandre Daigle A. Daigle	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Duchesne S. Duchesne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Bruce Gardiner B. Gardiner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Hannan D. Hannan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Denny Lambert D. Lambert	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Janne Laukkanen J. Laukkanen	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	50.0
Frantisek Musil F. Musil	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Lance Pitlick L. Pitlick	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Wade Redden W. Redden	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Shaun Van Allen S. Van Allen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alexei Yashin A. Yashin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jason York J. York	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Sergei Zholtok S. Zholtok	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0