The Buffalo Sabres emerged victorious over the Montreal Canadiens, 4 to 2, on December 18, 1998.

Final

Canadiens

8-17-5

2

Sabres

16-5-5

4

Team

MTL

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

MTL

BUF

Igor Ulanov (EV) assisted by Craig Rivet

Brian Holzinger (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward

2nd period

MTL

BUF

Benoit Brunet (EV) unassisted

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward and Jason Woolley

3rd period

MTL

BUF

Curtis Brown (EV) assisted by Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon

Dixon Ward (SH) assisted by Michael Peca and Jay McKee

Canadiens

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Canadiens

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (L) J. Theodore	0	1	0	21	17	.810	4	4.10	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3
Brett Clark B. Clark	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	0	0	-3	2	3	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0.0
Matt Higgins M. Higgins	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Jonas Hoglund J. Hoglund	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0.0
Trent McCleary T. McCleary	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0
Patrick Poulin P. Poulin	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	1	0	1	+1	0	1	100.0
Eric Weinrich E. Weinrich	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0
Sergei Zholtok S. Zholtok	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	38	36	.947	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SHG	SHA	GWG	S	S%
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	2	50.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0
James Patrick J. Patrick	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	2	0.0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	0.0
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	33.3
Dixon Ward D. Ward	1	2	3	+3	2	1	0	0	1	100.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0