⚔️ Away Sabres 29-29-10 before this game

1–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	0	1	1
HFD	2	0	0	2

Sabres at Whalers

Whalers beat Sabres 2–1 on March 16, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Mar 16, 1996 · 18:00 CST 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐳 HFD

Andrei Nikolishin

1 G

5 shots

2nd star 🐳 HFD

Brendan Shanahan

1 G

4 shots

3rd star 🐳 HFD

Robert Kron

1 A

7 shots

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Andrei Nikolishin PP Go-ahead 1st · 04:42

Assists: Robert Kron, Adam Burt

0–1

🐳 Brendan Shanahan SH 1st · 13:32

Assists: Andrew Cassels, Gerald Diduck

0–2

3rd period

⚔️ Michael Peca SH 3rd · 16:06

Assists: Mike Wilson, Yuri Khmylev

1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF HFD🐳

36 Shots on goal 39

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5

41 Penalty minutes 61

BUF shooting 2.8% (1/36) HFD shooting 5.1% (2/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:41 TOI

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:59 TOI

Jason Muzzatti

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:01 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 0–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

Feb 17, 1996

⚔️BUF @ 🐳HFD

1–2 (OT) · Whalers won

❓ BUF vs HFD, answered

Who won Sabres vs Whalers on March 16, 1996?

Whalers won 2–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Whalers?

The final score was Sabres 1, Whalers 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Michael Peca.

Who scored for Whalers?

Andrei Nikolishin, Brendan Shanahan.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Whalers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

What is the Sabres vs Whalers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 15

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Mar 13

Also on March 16, 1996

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