Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres 3-5, Dec 18, 1996: Box Score | AskScores

Tampa Bay Lightning

3

5

Final · KeyBank Center

Score by period
Team	1	2	3	T
TB	0	2	1	3
BUF	2	1	2	5

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Dec 18, 1996 at KeyBank Center.

Top performers

Roman Hamrlik
Roman Hamrlik had 1 goal for the Lightning.
Rick Tabaracci
Rick Tabaracci made 20 saves on 24 shots for the Lightning.
Derek Plante
Derek Plante had 2 goals for the Sabres.
Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hasek made 29 saves on 32 shots for the Sabres.

Before and after

Lightning · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 16, 1996: TB 4, MTL 2 · Next Dec 19, 1996: TB 0, BOS 3
Sabres · 1996-97 season · Previous Dec 14, 1996: BUF 4, BOS 0 · Next Dec 20, 1996: LA 2, BUF 6

Other Lightning vs Sabres games

Other Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres games

Feb 8, 1997	BUF at TB	3-1	Regular
Nov 27, 1996	BUF at TB	3-0	Regular
Oct 15, 1996	TB at BUF	4-0	Regular
Apr 6, 2026	TB at BUF	2-4	Regular
Mar 8, 2026	TB at BUF	7-8	Regular
Feb 28, 2026	BUF at TB	6-2	Regular

Tampa Bay Lightning box score

Skaters

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters, Dec 18, 1996

Roman Hamrlik	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0:00
Dino Ciccarelli	1	0	1	0	1	0	0:00
Daymond Langkow	0	1	1	2	3	0	0:00
Brian Bradley	0	1	1	-3	0	0	0:00
Barry Cullen	0	1	1	0	2	0	0:00
Brantt Myhres	0	1	1	1	0	0	0:00
Drew Bannister	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0:00
Shawn Burr	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0:00
Bill Houlder	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0:00
Igor Ulanov	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0:00
Rob Zamuner	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0:00
Craig Wolanin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Cory Cross	0	0	0	0	2	4	0:00
Rudy Poeschek	0	0	0	0	3	0	0:00
Patrick Poulin	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0:00
Alexander Selivanov	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Paul Brousseau	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0:00
Team	3	4	7	-12	28	4

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies, Dec 18, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Rick Tabaracci	24	20	4	.833	59:55

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%

Buffalo Sabres box score

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres skaters, Dec 18, 1996

Michal Grosek	0	2	2	3	1	0	0:00
Mike Wilson	0	2	2	1	1	0	0:00
Derek Plante	2	0	2	2	3	0	0:00
Alexei Zhitnik	0	1	1	0	4	0	0:00
Rob Ray	0	1	1	0	0	0	0:00
Matthew Barnaby	1	0	1	2	1	0	0:00
Dixon Ward	1	0	1	0	1	0	0:00
Jason Dawe	1	0	1	0	2	0	0:00
Anatoli Semenov	0	1	1	0	1	0	0:00
Brad May	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Garry Galley	0	0	0	1	0	0	0:00
Donald Audette	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0:00
Michael Peca	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Randy Burridge	0	0	0	0	2	0	0:00
Darryl Shannon	0	0	0	2	3	0	0:00
Brian Holzinger	0	0	0	0	1	0	0:00
Richard Smehlik	0	0	0	0	1	2	0:00
Bob Boughner	0	0	0	0	0	2	0:00
Team	5	7	12	10	25	6

What the columns mean: G · A · PTS · +/- · PIM

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres goalies, Dec 18, 1996
Player	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Dominik Hasek	32	29	3	.906	59:58

What the columns mean: SA · SV · GA · SV%