The Hartford Whalers emerged victorious over the Buffalo Sabres, 6 to 4, on December 7, 1996.

Final

Sabres

13-13-2

4

Whalers

13-7-6

6

Team

BUF

HFD

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

HFD

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Kevin Dineen and Gerald Diduck

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Andrew Cassels

Matthew Barnaby (EV) assisted by Brian Holzinger and Darryl Shannon

2nd period

BUF

HFD

Jason Dawe (PP) assisted by Derek Plante and Jay McKee

Matthew Barnaby (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon and Brian Holzinger

Randy Burridge (EV) assisted by Michael Peca and Dixon Ward

3rd period

BUF

HFD

Jeff O'Neill (EV) assisted by Jeff Daniels and Robert Kron

Robert Kron (EV) assisted by Jeff Daniels and Jeff O'Neill

Kevin Dineen (EV) assisted by Geoff Sanderson

Andrew Cassels (EV) assisted by Geoff Sanderson and Gerald Diduck

Sabres

Whalers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (L) D. Hasek	0	1	0	36	30	.833	6	6.16	0	58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	2	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	2	0	2	-1	0	0	0	3	66.7
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	2	50.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	2	2	-1	2	0	0	3	0.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	1	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	1	0.0
Anatoli Semenov A. Semenov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	2	2	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jason Muzzatti (W) J. Muzzatti	1	0	0	26	22	.846	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Adam Burt A. Burt	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0.0
Andrew Cassels A. Cassels	1	1	2	+3	0	0	2	50.0
Kelly Chase K. Chase	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Paul Coffey P. Coffey	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff Daniels J. Daniels	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Gerald Diduck G. Diduck	0	2	2	+2	0	0	1	0.0
Kevin Dineen K. Dineen	1	1	2	+3	0	1	4	25.0
Nelson Emerson N. Emerson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0.0
Glen Featherstone G. Featherstone	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	0.0
Mark Janssens M. Janssens	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Robert Kron R. Kron	1	1	2	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Curtis Leschyshyn C. Leschyshyn	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Marek Malik M. Malik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0.0
Jeff O'Neill J. O'Neill	1	1	2	+2	2	0	3	33.3
Keith Primeau K. Primeau	0	0	0	-2	4	0	6	0.0
Steven Rice S. Rice	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	2	2	4	+3	0	0	5	40.0