The Colorado Avalanche squeaked out a win over the Dallas Stars, 3 to 2, on December 29, 1996.

Final

Stars

22-12-3

2

Avalanche

22-10-5

3

Team

DAL

COL

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

DAL

COL

Christian Matte (EV) assisted by Eric Lacroix and Rene Corbet

2nd period

DAL

COL

Mike Modano (SH) assisted by Jere Lehtinen and Arturs Irbe

Uwe Krupp (PP) assisted by Sandis Ozolinsh

Eric Lacroix (EV) assisted by Joe Sakic and Christian Matte

3rd period

DAL

COL

Bill Huard (EV) assisted by Joe Nieuwendyk and Sergei Zubov

Stars

Avalanche

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Stars

Avalanche

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Arturs Irbe (L) A. Irbe	0	1	0	21	18	.857	3	3.07	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	S	S%
Bob Bassen B. Bassen	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Guy Carbonneau G. Carbonneau	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Benoit Hogue B. Hogue	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Huard B. Huard	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Mike Kennedy M. Kennedy	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Mike Lalor M. Lalor	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jamie Langenbrunner J. Langenbrunner	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jere Lehtinen J. Lehtinen	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	3	0.0
Grant Marshall G. Marshall	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Richard Matvichuk R. Matvichuk	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Modano M. Modano	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	3	33.3
Joe Nieuwendyk J. Nieuwendyk	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Reid D. Reid	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Sydor D. Sydor	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Pat Verbeek P. Verbeek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Sergei Zubov S. Zubov	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Roy (W) P. Roy	1	0	0	23	21	.913	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Rene Corbet R. Corbet	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Adam Deadmarsh A. Deadmarsh	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Adam Foote A. Foote	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Jones K. Jones	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Valeri Kamensky V. Kamensky	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Keane M. Keane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Uwe Krupp U. Krupp	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Eric Lacroix E. Lacroix	1	1	2	+1	0	0	0	1	3	33.3
Christian Matte C. Matte	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Eric Messier E. Messier	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Sandis Ozolinsh S. Ozolinsh	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Mike Ricci M. Ricci	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sakic J. Sakic	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Yves Sarault Y. Sarault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Stephane Yelle S. Yelle	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0