The Florida Panthers were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 4 to 3, in overtime on November 1, 1997.

Final

Sabres

5-7-2

4

Panthers

3-7-3

3

Team

BUF

FLA

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

FLA

Dave Gagner (EV) assisted by Robert Svehla

Scott Mellanby (PP) assisted by Dave Gagner and Esa Tikkanen

2nd period

BUF

FLA

Jason Dawe (SH) assisted by Michael Peca

Miroslav Satan (PP) assisted by Curtis Brown and Derek Plante

3rd period

BUF

FLA

Tom Fitzgerald (EV) assisted by Bill Lindsay

Michael Peca (PP) assisted by Jason Dawe

BUF

FLA

Dixon Ward (EV) unassisted

Sabres

Panthers

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Panthers

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	23	20	.870	3	2.94	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Randy Burridge R. Burridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	100.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Erik Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	33.3
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Kevin Weekes K. Weekes				14	12	.857	2	3.73	0	32
Mark Fitzpatrick (L) M. Fitzpatrick	0	1	0	16	14	.875	2	4.13	0	29

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	2	50.0
Dave Gagner D. Gagner	1	1	2	+1	0	0	1	1	100.0
Johan Garpenlov J. Garpenlov	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
Paul Laus P. Laus	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	1	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	1	0	1	-2	10	1	0	4	25.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Niedermayer R. Niedermayer	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0.0
Esa Tikkanen E. Tikkanen	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0