The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the Vancouver Canucks, 7 to 6, in overtime on December 4, 1996.

Final

Canucks

14-11-1

7

Sabres

13-12-1

6

Team

VAN

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

VAN

BUF

Jyrki Lumme (PP) assisted by Markus Naslund and Mike Sillinger

Martin Gelinas (EV) unassisted

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Matthew Barnaby

2nd period

VAN

BUF

Martin Gelinas (EV) unassisted

Rob Ray (EV) assisted by Michael Peca

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

3rd period

VAN

BUF

Donald Brashear (EV) assisted by Leif Rohlin and David Roberts

Troy Crowder (EV) assisted by David Roberts

Michal Grosek (PP) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Brian Holzinger

Esa Tikkanen (PP) assisted by Adrian Aucoin

Michael Peca (EV) assisted by Jason Dawe and Darryl Shannon

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon

VAN

BUF

Mike Sillinger (EV) assisted by Markus Naslund and Esa Tikkanen

Canucks

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canucks

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Mike Fountain (W) M. Fountain	1	0	0	34	28	.824	6	5.66	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Adrian Aucoin A. Aucoin	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Pavel Bure P. Bure	0	0	0	+1	4	0	0	0	0	8	0.0
Troy Crowder T. Crowder	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0
Martin Gelinas M. Gelinas	2	0	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	66.7
Bret Hedican B. Hedican	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Joseph C. Joseph	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Jyrki Lumme J. Lumme	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Markus Naslund M. Naslund	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Gino Odjick G. Odjick	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Ridley M. Ridley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Roberts D. Roberts	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Leif Rohlin L. Rohlin	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Alexander Semak A. Semak	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Sillinger M. Sillinger	1	1	2	-1	0	0	1	1	1	4	25.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	1	1	2	-1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Scott Walker S. Walker	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Wotton M. Wotton	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (L) D. Hasek	0	1	0	38	31	.816	7	6.60	0	64

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	6	16.7
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	3	0	3	+1	0	1	0	5	60.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	1	100.0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.0