BOXSCORE
Buffalo Sabres
Marine Midland Arena
3 FINAL 0
December 26, 1997
New York Rangers
Scoring Summary
2nd Period
Jason Woolley (2)
Matthew Barnaby (5), Michal Grosek (10)
1-0 BUF
Score
04:39
Time
3rd Period
Dixon Ward (4)
Jason Dawe (9)
2-0 BUF
Score
14:54
Time
Michal Grosek (4) (pp)
Alexei Zhitnik (10)
3-0 BUF
Score
19:35
Time
Penalties
1st Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 00:13 | Dominik Hasek – delaying-game (2 min) | |
| 08:22 | Eric Cairns – interference-obstruction (2 min) |
2nd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 06:22 | Michal Grosek – interference-obstruction (2 min) | |
| 15:14 | Mike Wilson – interference-obstruction (2 min) |
3rd Period
| Team | Time | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| 00:39 | Michael Peca – roughing (2 min) | |
| 00:39 | Ulf Samuelsson – roughing (2 min) | |
| 06:40 | Jeff Finley – holding-the-stick (2 min) | |
| 09:19 | Dixon Ward – high-sticking (2 min) | |
| 09:19 | Dixon Ward – high-sticking (2 min) | |
| 12:32 | Bruce Driver – high-sticking (2 min) | |
| 16:46 | Donald Audette – interference-goalkeeper (2 min) | |
| 18:20 | Pat LaFontaine – interference-goalkeeper (2 min) |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | M. Wilson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 18:07 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | J. Woolley | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 16:16 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | R. Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 13:16 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | D. Shannon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 23:11 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | B. May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 06:43 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Ward | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 15:10 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | J. Dawe | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 15:36 | 0 | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | M. Grosek | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.00% | 14:11 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | B. Holzinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.00% | 12:40 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | V. Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 08:45 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | D. Plante | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.00% | 19:47 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | M. Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48.00% | 22:00 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | D. Audette | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00% | 15:59 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 1 |
| 36 | M. Barnaby | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 11:48 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 |
| 37 | C. Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 67.00% | 11:59 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | R. Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 22:30 | 2 | 25 | 4 | 0 |
| 44 | A. Zhitnik | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 26:14 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 0 |
| 81 | M. Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 10:25 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| # | 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 | W | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 60:00 |
| # | Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | HITS | PPG | S | FO% | TOI | BLK | SHIFT | GV | TK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | B. Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | 16:03 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | U. Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 17:13 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | A. Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67.00% | 22:19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | M. Savard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.00% | 10:13 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | M. Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | 15:37 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 03:27 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | P. LaFontaine | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 58.00% | 18:18 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | K. Stevens | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 15:46 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | B. Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 16:39 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | B. Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.00% | 13:46 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | J. Lindbom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | 14:29 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | A. Karpovtsev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 21:13 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 26 | J. Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | 16:50 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | A. Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00% | 10:58 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | E. Cairns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 08:54 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | B. Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 16:21 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | T. Sweeney | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | 13:37 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | W. Gretzky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 60.00% | 24:43 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 1 |
| # | 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 | L | 23 | 23 | 2 | 2/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0/0/0 | 0.920 | 2.07 | 57:53 |
BUF
VS
NYR
Game Stats
| 3 | Goals | 0 |
| 26 | Shots | 28 |
| 12 | Penalty Minutes | 10 |
| 21 | Hits | 12 |
| 13 | Blocks | 6 |
| 47 | Give Aways | 26 |
| 14 | Take Aways | 12 |
Goals by Period
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Season Series: 0-3-1
As of December 26, 1997
All-Time vs BUF
Overall: 40-49-20-0
At BUF: 24-16-13-0
Last 10 vs BUF
Overall: 3-4-3-0
At BUF: 5-2-3-0
