The Florida Panthers defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, on March 22, 1997.

Final

Sabres

38-23-11

2

Panthers

33-24-17

3

Team

BUF

FLA

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

FLA

Scott Mellanby (EV) assisted by Bill Lindsay and Terry Carkner

2nd period

BUF

FLA

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Richard Smehlik and Derek Plante

Ray Sheppard (PP) assisted by Kirk Muller and Robert Svehla

Radek Dvorak (EV) assisted by Ray Sheppard

3rd period

BUF

FLA

Jay McKee (EV) assisted by Miroslav Satan

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
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	32	29	.906	3	3.13	0	57

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Brad May B. May	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	1	0	1	+2	0	1	100.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	+1	0	0
Ed Ronan E. Ronan	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	1	2	+1	0	2	50.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	1	1	0	2	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
John Vanbiesbrouck (W) J. Vanbiesbrouck	1	0	0	18	16	.889	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%
Terry Carkner T. Carkner	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Radek Dvorak R. Dvorak	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	4	25.0
Tom Fitzgerald T. Fitzgerald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0
Per Gustafsson P. Gustafsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Mike Hough M. Hough	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Jody Hull J. Hull	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ed Jovanovski E. Jovanovski	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0.0
Bill Lindsay B. Lindsay	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dave Lowry D. Lowry	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	0
Scott Mellanby S. Mellanby	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	0	2	50.0
Kirk Muller K. Muller	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0
Gord Murphy G. Murphy	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
David Nemirovsky D. Nemirovsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Ray Sheppard R. Sheppard	1	1	2	+1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Robert Svehla R. Svehla	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	1	0.0
Rhett Warrener R. Warrener	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Steve Washburn S. Washburn	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Chris Wells C. Wells	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0