1–4

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 34-36-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
HFD	1	0	0	1
BUF	1	1	2	4

Whalers at Sabres

Sabres beat Whalers 4–1 at KeyBank Center on April 14, 1996.

🗓 Sun, Apr 14, 1996 · 17:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Derek Plante

2 G

9 shots · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Dane Jackson

2 A

2 shots · +2

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Brent Hughes

2 A

1 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

🐳 Brendan Shanahan Go-ahead 1st · 10:38

Assists: Andrei Nikolishin

1–0

⚔️ Derek Plante Tying 1st · 18:39

Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Rob Ray

1–1

2nd period

⚔️ Pat LaFontaine PP Go-ahead 2nd · 17:45

Assists: Randy Burridge, Jason Dawe

1–2

3rd period

⚔️ Derek Plante 3rd · 01:59

Assists: Dane Jackson, Brent Hughes

1–3

⚔️ Michael Peca 3rd · 11:39

Assists: Dane Jackson, Brent Hughes

1–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐳HFD BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 39

0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9

80 Penalty minutes 76

HFD shooting 3.8% (1/26) BUF shooting 10.3% (4/39)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐳Whalers

Sean Burke

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 10:37 TOI

Jason Muzzatti

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 49:23 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Andrei Trefilov

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–1

Whalers

Whalers — tied after 1st: 39-35-7 (48% win rate, 81 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 34-36-11 (42% win rate, 81 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Whalers

Whalers: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →

1–2 (OT) · Whalers won

❓ HFD vs BUF, answered

Who won Whalers vs Sabres on April 14, 1996?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Whalers vs Sabres?

The final score was Whalers 1, Sabres 4.

Who scored for Whalers?

Brendan Shanahan.

Who scored for Sabres?

Derek Plante (2), Michael Peca, Pat LaFontaine.

How did the Whalers goalie play?

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

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Whalers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Whalers vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–2 after 5 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

🐳Whalers

Previous game · Apr 13

⚔️Sabres

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