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NYR

TD GARDEN

0FINAL3

December 26, 1997

BUF

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) (EN)

Alexei Zhitnik (10)

3-0 BUF

Score

19:35

Time

Penalties

1st Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	00:13	Dominik Hasek – delaying-game (2 min)
	08:22	Eric Cairns – interference-obstruction (2 min)

2nd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	06:22	Michal Grosek – interference-obstruction (2 min)
	15:14	Mike Wilson – interference-obstruction (2 min)

3rd Period

Team	Time	Penalty Description
	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)

BUF – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
4	Mike Wilson	D	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	20	18:07	0	0	1	1
5	Jason Woolley	D	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0/0	0.00%	17	16:16	2	1	5	0
6	Bob Boughner	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	19	13:16	2	0	2	0
8	Darryl Shannon	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	22	23:11	1	3	3	2
10	Brad May	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	9	06:43	2	0	3	0
15	Dixon Ward	L	1	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	24	15:10	0	1	3	1
17	Jason Dawe	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	25	15:36	2	0	3	2
18	Michal Grosek	L	1	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0/0	0.00%	18	14:11	2	0	2	0
19	Brian Holzinger	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	16	12:40	1	0	0	0
25	Vaclav Varada	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	11	08:45	3	0	2	0
26	Derek Plante	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	23	19:47	0	1	2	1
27	Michael Peca	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	27	22:00	2	1	1	3
28	Donald Audette	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0/0	0.00%	18	15:59	0	1	4	1
36	Matthew Barnaby	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	14	11:48	2	0	5	0
37	Curtis Brown	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	15	11:59	2	2	1	0
42	Richard Smehlik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	25	22:30	0	2	4	0
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	26	26:14	0	1	4	0
81	Miroslav Satan	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	11	10:25	0	0	2	3

BUF – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
31	Steve Shields						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
39	Dominik Hasek	★	W				28	28	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.00	60:00

NYR – Skaters
#	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	1G	OTG	GWG	ENG	S	FO	FO%	Shifts	TOI	Hits	BLK	GV	TK
2	Brian Leetch	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	27	16:03	1	3	1	2
5	Ulf Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	23	17:13	1	0	1	0
9	Adam Graves	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0/0	0.00%	19	22:19	0	0	0	1
10	Marc Savard	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	12	10:13	0	0	1	0
12	Mike Keane	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	19	15:37	1	0	5	0
15	Darren Langdon	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	6	03:27	2	0	0	0
16	Pat LaFontaine	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	23	18:18	0	0	1	1
17	Kevin Stevens	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	21	15:46	2	1	2	1
18	Bill Berg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	23	16:39	1	0	0	2
20	Brian Skrudland	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	17	13:46	0	0	1	0
21	Johan Lindbom	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0/0	0.00%	19	14:29	1	0	2	1
25	Alexander Karpovtsev	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	23	21:13	1	1	3	1
26	Jeff Finley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0/0	0.00%	21	16:50	0	1	1	0
27	Alex Kovalev	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	10	10:58	0	0	0	1
29	Eric Cairns	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	10	08:54	0	0	0	0
33	Bruce Driver	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	19	16:21	1	0	1	0
37	Tim Sweeney	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0/0	0.00%	20	13:37	0	0	1	1
99	Wayne Gretzky	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0/0	0.00%	22	24:43	1	0	6	1

NYR – Goalies
#	Player			1ST	2ND	3RD	SV	SA	GA	EV	PP	SH	SV%	GAA	TOI
31	Jason Muzzatti						0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00	00:00
35	Mike Richter	★	L				23	25	2	2	0	0	.920	2.07	57:53

BUF

NYR

Game Stats

3	Goals	0
26	Shots	28
33.3% (1/3)	Power Play	0.0% (0/7)
12	Penalty Minutes	10
21	Hits	12
13	Blocks	6
47	Giveaways	26
14	Takeaways	12

Goals by Period

	1	2	3	T
	0	0	0	0
	0	1	2	3

Shots by Period

	1	2	3	T
	8	12	8	28
	6	11	9	26

Season Series: 0-3-1

BUF 3

NYR 3

FINAL OTBoxscoreNOV 28

BUF 2

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreDEC 21

BUF 3

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreDEC 26

BUF 1

NYR 0

FINALBoxscoreMAR 2

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