BOXSCORE
Buffalo Sabres
Marine Midland Arena
3 FINAL OT 3
November 28, 1997
New York Rangers
Scoring Summary
1st Period
Tim Sweeney (6)
Pat LaFontaine (17)
1-0 NYR
Score
00:16
Time
Pat LaFontaine (15)
Doug Lidster (2)
2-0 NYR
Score
12:48
Time
Alexei Zhitnik (4) (pp)
Jason Woolley (6), Brian Holzinger (7)
2-1 NYR
Score
17:02
Time
2nd Period
Derek Plante (5)
Miroslav Satan (8), Michal Grosek (9)
2-2 Tied
Score
12:47
Time
3rd Period
Wayne Gretzky (8)
Niklas Sundstrom (12)
3-2 NYR
Score
06:14
Time
Donald Audette (6)
Darryl Shannon (11), Curtis Brown (4)
3-3 Tied
Score
16:39
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 10:16 | Pat LaFontaine – tripping (2 min) |
| 13:54 | Matthew Barnaby – fighting (5 min) |
| 13:54 | Jeff Finley – fighting (5 min) |
| 16:57 | Brian Leetch – hooking (2 min) |
| 17:59 | Darryl Shannon – tripping (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 15:24 | Ryan Vandenbussche – interference-obstruction (2 min) |
| 16:53 | Miroslav Satan – tripping-obstruction (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 01:16 | Curtis Brown – holding (2 min) |
| 14:11 | Jay McKee – holding-the-stick (2 min) |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 5 | J. Woolley | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 15:52 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | R. Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 16:59 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | D. Shannon | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 22:38 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | B. May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 10:45 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | D. Ward | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 20:32 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | J. Dawe | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 19:00 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | M. Grosek | L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 12:27 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | B. Holzinger | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 75.00% | 18:12 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | W. Primeau | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 60.00% | 10:36 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | D. Plante | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00% | 16:09 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | M. Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 21.00% | 22:33 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | D. Audette | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:24 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 2 |
| 36 | M. Barnaby | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 10:40 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | C. Brown | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 14:40 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 42 | R. Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 27:05 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | A. Zhitnik | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00% | 29:00 | 1 | 31 | 7 | 0 |
| 74 | J. McKee | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 18:41 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 81 | M. Satan | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 13:23 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 31 | S. Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 39 | D. Hasek | x | T | 27 | 27 | 3 | 3/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.900 | 2.77 | 65:00 |
| Skaters | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 33:57 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 06:51 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | D. Lidster | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 20:41 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | R. Vandenbussche | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 03:56 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.00% | 24:20 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 1 |
| 12 | M. Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0.00% | 23:43 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | P. LaFontaine | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 78.00% | 24:27 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | K. Stevens | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 08:52 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 02:24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | B. Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.00% | 14:33 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | J. Beukeboom | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 22:49 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | N. Sundstrom | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 21:46 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 26 | J. Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 18:41 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 16:38 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | M. Eastwood | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40.00% | 13:46 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 23:03 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | T. Sweeney | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 20:50 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 46.00% | 19:33 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
| Goalies | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | SV | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | SV% | GAA | TOI | ||
| 31 | J. Muzzatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 | ||
| 35 | M. Richter | x | T | 20 | 20 | 3 | 2/0/0 | 1/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.870 | 2.77 | 64:57 |
BUF
VS
NYR
Game Stats
| 3 | Goals | 3 |
| 23 | Shots | 30 |
| 13 | Penalty Minutes | 11 |
| 24 | Hits | 15 |
| 8 | Blocks | 12 |
| 49 | Give Aways | 31 |
| 10 | Take Aways | 4 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Season Series: 0-3-1
As of November 28, 1997
All-Time vs BUF
Overall: 40-47-20-0
At BUF: 24-15-13-0
Last 10 vs BUF
Overall: 5-2-3-0
At BUF: 6-1-3-0