The Hartford Whalers eked out a victory over 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

1

3

1

2

1

2

3

1

2

OT

0

1

Total

5

6

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

HFD

Dino Ciccarelli (PP) unassisted

1

0

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

2

0

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

2

1

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

3

1

2nd period

TBL

HFD

Glen Wesley (PP) assisted by Steven Rice

3

2

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

3

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

4

3

3rd period

TBL

HFD

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

4

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

5

4

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

5

OT

TBL

HFD

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

5

6

Lightning

Whalers

Goals

5

6

Shots

32

35

Penalty Minutes

36

22

Power-Play Goals

2

Power-Play Opportunities

5

7

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Lightning

Whalers

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Rick Tabaracci (L)		22	3	19	.864	38:49
Corey Schwab		13	3	10	.769	23:22

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Drew Bannister	0	0	0	14	1
Brian Bradley	1	0	+1	0	2
Dino Ciccarelli	1	2	0	2	2
Cory Cross	0	0	-1	7	1
John Cullen	1	1	-1	0	3
Allan Egeland	0	0	0	5	0
Chris Gratton	0	2	0	4	2
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	0	5
Bill Houlder	0	0	-2	0	1
Daymond Langkow	1	0	-1	0	2
Brantt Myhres	0	0	-1	0	0
Rudy Poeschek	0	0	+1	2	0
Patrick Poulin	1	2	0	0	5
Alexander Selivanov	0	0	0	0	2
David Shaw	0	0	0	2	1
Craig Wolanin	0	0	0	0	2
Rob Zamuner	0	1	-1	0	3

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jason Muzzatti (W)		32	5	27	.844	62:11

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S
Adam Burt	0	0	-2	5	1
Andrew Cassels	1	2	+1	0	3
Kevin Dineen	0	2	0	7	2
Hnat Domenichelli	0	0	0	0	3
Nelson Emerson	0	0	+1	0	3
Glen Featherstone	0	0	0	4	1
Kevin Haller	0	0	+2	0	0
Mark Janssens	0	0	0	0	1
Robert Kron	1	0	-1	2	3
Curtis Leschyshyn	0	1	-1	0	1
Marek Malik	0	1	+2	2	0
Jeff O'Neill	0	1	0	0	2
Paul Ranheim	0	1	0	0	2
Steven Rice	1	1	+1	0	3
Geoff Sanderson	2	0	+1	2	6
Glen Wesley	1	2	+1	0	4