New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo Sabres Box Score: December 31, 1996
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:08 | BUF | Brian Holzinger (12) | Donald Audette, Dixon Ward | |
| 11:09 | NJD | Bill Guerin (12) | Bobby Holík, Shawn Chambers | |
| 14:27 | BUF | Rob Ray (4) | Wayne Primeau, Barrie Moore | |
| 18:25 | BUF | SH | Michael Peca (8) | Alexei Zhitnik |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 01:17 | BUF | PP | Alexei Zhitnik (3) | Donald Audette, Dixon Ward |
| 14:56 | BUF | Derek Plante (18) | Matthew Barnaby, Mike Wilson | |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 05:02 | NJD | Brian Rolston (13) | John MacLean, Jay Pandolfo | |
| 10:21 | BUF | PP | Richard Šmehlík (5) | Darryl Shannon, Jason Dawe |
| 11:35 | NJD | PP | Bill Guerin (13) | Scott Niedermayer, Bobby Holík |
| 17:55 | NJD | Bill Guerin (14) | Bobby Holík, Dave Andreychuk | |
| 18:21 | NJD | Dave Andreychuk (12) | Bobby Holík, Bill Guerin | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05:59 | BUF | Bob Boughner | Fighting | 5 min |
| 05:59 | NJD | Jason Smith | Fighting | 5 min |
| 05:59 | BUF | Rob Ray | Roughing | 2 min |
| 05:59 | NJD | Randy McKay | Fighting | 5 min |
| 05:59 | NJD | Denis Pederson | Roughing | 2 min |
| 05:59 | BUF | Wayne Primeau | Fighting | 5 min |
| 08:46 | BUF | Jason Dawe | High sticking | 2 min |
| 17:29 | BUF | Garry Galley | Holding the stick | 2 min |
| 19:18 | NJD | Dave Andreychuk | Interference - Goalkeeper | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 02:54 | BUF | Wayne Primeau | Fighting | 5 min |
| 02:54 | NJD | Denis Pederson | Fighting | 5 min |
| 16:51 | NJD | Valeri Zelepukin | High sticking | 2 min |
| 20:00 | NJD | Lyle Odelein | Fighting | 5 min |
| 20:00 | BUF | Matthew Barnaby | Fighting | 5 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 01:17 | BUF | Mike Wilson | Tripping | 2 min |
| 07:06 | BUF | Derek Plante | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 08:30 | NJD | Brian Rolston | Tripping | 2 min |
| 08:41 | NJD | Scott Stevens | Slashing | 2 min |
| 10:51 | BUF | Jason Dawe | Closing hand on puck | 2 min |
| 13:35 | BUF | Garry Galley | Boarding | 2 min |
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New Jersey Devils
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Dave Andreychuk | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 2 | Shawn Chambers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Ken Daneyko | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Patrik Eliáš | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | Bill Guerin | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 60.0 | ||
| 6 | Bobby Holík | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | John MacLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 8 | Randy McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | Jay Pandolfo | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 12 | Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Brian Rolston | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 14 | Jason Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 16 | Steve Sullivan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||
| 17 | Steve Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||
| 19 | Martin Brodeur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | |||||
| 20 | Mike Dunham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39:03 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 13.9 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Mike Dunham | L | 3 | 18 | 15 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 39:03 |
| 2 | Martin Brodeur | 3 | 6 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 20:00 | |
Buffalo Sabres
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Donald Audette | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Bob Boughner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | Randy Burridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 5 | Jason Dawe | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| 6 | Garry Galley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 7 | Michal Grošek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Brian Holzinger | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 9 | Barrie Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 10 | Michael Peca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 11 | Derek Plante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | ||
| 12 | Wayne Primeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 13 | Rob Ray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 14 | Darryl Shannon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 15 | Richard Šmehlík | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | ||
| 16 | Dixon Ward | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | Mike Wilson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 18 | Alexei Zhitnik | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||
| 19 | Dominik Hašek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 | |||||
| TOTAL | 6 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 25.0 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Dominik Hašek | W | 5 | 36 | 31 | .861 | 0 | 0 | 60:00 |
