The Buffalo Sabres lost to the Vancouver Canucks, 7 to 6, in overtime on December 4, 1996.

1996-97 Buffalo Sabres

Final

VAN

Canucks

14-11-1

7

BUF

Sabres

13-12-1

6

1

2

1

2

1

2

3

3

3

OT

1

0

Total

7

6

1st period

VAN

BUF

Canucks

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

1

0

Canucks

Martin Gelinas (EV) unassisted

2

0

Sabres

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Matthew Barnaby

2

1

2nd period

VAN

BUF

Canucks

Martin Gelinas (EV) unassisted

3

1

Sabres

Rob Ray (EV) assisted by Michael Peca

3

2

Sabres

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

3

3

3rd period

VAN

BUF

Canucks

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

4

3

Canucks

Troy Crowder (EV) assisted by David Roberts

5

3

Sabres

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

5

4

Canucks

Esa Tikkanen (PP) assisted by Adrian Aucoin

6

4

Sabres

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

6

5

Sabres

Michal Grosek (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon

6

6

OT

VAN

BUF

Canucks

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

7

6

Canucks

Sabres

Goals

7

6

Shots

38

34

Penalty Minutes

15

11

Power-Play Goals

2

1

Power-Play Opportunities

2

4

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Mike Fountain (W) 34 6 28 .824 63:38

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Adrian Aucoin 0 1 +1 2 1
Donald Brashear 1 0 +1 7 3
Pavel Bure 0 0 +1 4 8
Troy Crowder 1 0 +1 0 1
Martin Gelinas 2 0 +1 0 3
Bret Hedican 0 0 -2 0 1
Chris Joseph 0 0 -2 0 3
Jyrki Lumme 1 0 +1 0 3
Markus Naslund 0 2 -1 0 1
Gino Odjick 0 0 -1 2 0
Mike Ridley 0 0 +1 0 0
David Roberts 0 2 -1 0 4
Leif Rohlin 0 1 +1 0 1
Alexander Semak 0 0 +1 0 0
Mike Sillinger 1 1 -1 0 4
Esa Tikkanen 1 1 -1 0 2
Scott Walker 0 0 -1 0 0
Mark Wotton 0 0 +1 0 3

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Dominik Hasek (L) 38 7 31 .816 63:38

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Donald Audette 1 0 -1 2 6
Matthew Barnaby 0 1 0 0 6
Bob Boughner 0 0 +1 0 1
Curtis Brown 0 0 -1 0 0
Randy Burridge 0 0 0 0 2
Jason Dawe 0 1 +1 0 1
Garry Galley 0 0 -1 0 0
Michal Grosek 3 0 +1 0 5
Brian Holzinger 0 2 +1 0 0
Jay McKee 0 0 -1 2 0
Michael Peca 1 1 0 0 4
Derek Plante 0 0 +1 0 2
Rob Ray 1 0 +1 7 1
Anatoli Semenov 0 0 -2 0 2
Darryl Shannon 0 2 +2 0 1
Dixon Ward 0 1 -1 0 1
Mike Wilson 0 0 -1 0 0
Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 0 0 2

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More Sabres Stats

Team Leaders

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G

25

Peterka

JJ Peterka

A

35

Dahlin

Rasmus Dahlin

+/-

+13

Clifton

Connor Clifton

Team Rankings

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G/GP

2.96

21st

GA/GP

3.03

16th

PP%

16.1

28th

PK%

78.8

20th

2023-24 Division Standings

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TEAM W L OTL PTS DIFF
Bruins Bruins
42 17 15 99 40
Panthers Panthers
46 21 5 97 57
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
40 22 9 89 35
Lightning Lightning
40 25 7 87 17
Red Wings Red Wings
36 29 7 79 5
Sabres Sabres
34 34 5 73 -4
Canadiens Canadiens
27 32 12 66 -49
Senators Senators
31 36 4 66 -20

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
3/29
NJD NJD
@
BUF BUF
7:00 PM
Sat
3/30
TOR TOR
@
BUF BUF
7:00 PM
Tue
4/2
WSH WSH
@
BUF BUF
7:00 PM
Fri
4/5
PHI PHI
@
BUF BUF
7:00 PM
Sun
4/7
BUF BUF
@
DET DET
1:00 PM

Last Game

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BUF Sabres

34-34-5

2

Final

6

OTT Senators

31-36-4

Wed 27 Mar 2024

NHL 2023-24 Leaders

NHL 2023-24 Rankings

Goals Rankings

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Avalanche

3.72

Stars

3.66

Maple Leafs

3.61

Goals Against Rankings

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Panthers

2.43

Jets

2.44

Kings

2.54

Power Play Rankings

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Lightning

28.9

Oilers

27.5

Hurricanes

26.2

Penalty Kill Rankings

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Kings

85.7

Hurricanes

85.5

Flyers

84.1

NHL 2023-24 Betting

NHL 2023-24 Division Standings

Metropolitan Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Rangers Rangers
48 20 4 100 47
2
Hurricanes Hurricanes
45 21 7 97 49
3
Flyers Flyers
36 27 10 82 -9
Atlantic Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Bruins Bruins
42 17 15 99 40
2
Panthers Panthers
46 21 5 97 57
3
Maple Leafs Maple Leafs
40 22 9 89 35
Central Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Stars Stars
45 19 9 99 51
2
Avalanche Avalanche
46 21 5 97 56
3
Jets Jets
44 22 6 94 44
Pacific Division W L OTL PTS DIFF
1
Canucks Canucks
45 19 8 98 59
2
Oilers Oilers
43 23 4 90 48
3
Kings Kings
38 22 11 87 38

NHL 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
3/26
BOS BOS
@
TBL TBL
1-3
Tue
3/26
OTT OTT
@
BUF BUF
6-2
Mon
3/25
DAL DAL
@
SJS SJS
6-3
Mon
3/25
CBJ CBJ
@
ARI ARI
2-6
Mon
3/25
ANA ANA
@
SEA SEA
0-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
3/28
CBJ CBJ
@
PIT PIT
7:00 PM
Thu
3/28
CHI CHI
@
OTT OTT
7:00 PM
Thu
3/28
NYI NYI
@
FLA FLA
7:00 PM
Thu
3/28
PHI PHI
@
MTL MTL
7:00 PM
Thu
3/28
WSH WSH
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM