The Hartford Whalers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 6 to 5, in overtime on December 21, 1996.

Final

Lightning

11-18-3

5

Whalers

16-11-6

6

Team

TBL

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

HFD

Dino Ciccarelli (PP) unassisted

Brian Bradley (EV) assisted by Dino Ciccarelli and Patrick Poulin

Steven Rice (EV) assisted by Jeff O'Neill and Curtis Leschyshyn

John Cullen (EV) assisted by Patrick Poulin and Dino Ciccarelli

2nd period

TBL

HFD

Glen Wesley (PP) assisted by Steven Rice

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Andrew Cassels and Marek Malik

Patrick Poulin (PP) assisted by Chris Gratton and John Cullen

3rd period

TBL

HFD

Geoff Sanderson (PP) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Andrew Cassels

Daymond Langkow (EV) assisted by Rob Zamuner and Chris Gratton

Andrew Cassels (EV) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Glen Wesley

TBL

HFD

Robert Kron (EV) assisted by Glen Wesley and Paul Ranheim

Lightning

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Lightning

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Rick Tabaracci (L) R. Tabaracci	0	1	0	22	19	.864	3	4.64	0	39
Corey Schwab C. Schwab				13	10	.769	3	7.70	0	23

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Drew Bannister D. Bannister	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Bradley B. Bradley	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dino Ciccarelli D. Ciccarelli	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	2	50.0
Cory Cross C. Cross	0	0	0	-1	7	0	0	1	0.0
John Cullen J. Cullen	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	3	33.3
Allan Egeland A. Egeland	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
Chris Gratton C. Gratton	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	2	0.0
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Bill Houlder B. Houlder	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Daymond Langkow D. Langkow	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Brantt Myhres B. Myhres	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Rudy Poeschek R. Poeschek	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0
Patrick Poulin P. Poulin	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	5	20.0
Alexander Selivanov A. Selivanov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
David Shaw D. Shaw	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.0
Craig Wolanin C. Wolanin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Zamuner R. Zamuner	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (W) J. Muzzatti	1	0	0	32	27	.844	5	4.82	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	1	2	3	+1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	0	2	2	0	7	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Hnat Domenichelli H. Domenichelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Glen Featherstone G. Featherstone	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Haller K. Haller	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Robert Kron R. Kron	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	1	1	3	33.3
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Paul Ranheim P. Ranheim	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steven Rice S. Rice	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	2	0	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0	6	33.3
Glen Wesley G. Wesley	1	2	3	+1	0	1	0	0	0	4	25.0