The Buffalo Sabres were defeated by the New York Islanders, 3 to 2, in overtime on March 26, 1997.

Final

Islanders

26-36-11

3

Sabres

38-24-11

2

Team

NYI

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

NYI

BUF

Brad May (EV) assisted by Rob Ray and Wayne Primeau

Niklas Andersson (EV) assisted by Todd Bertuzzi and Travis Green

2nd period

NYI

BUF

Dan Plante (EV) assisted by Ken Belanger and Dennis Vaske

3rd period

NYI

BUF

Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Jason Dawe and Alexei Zhitnik

NYI

BUF

Bryan Berard (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Bryan Smolinski

Islanders

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Islanders

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tommy Salo (W) T. Salo	1	0	0	27	25	.926	2	1.97	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Niklas Andersson N. Andersson	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3
Ken Belanger K. Belanger	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	0
Bryan Berard B. Berard	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	25.0
Todd Bertuzzi T. Bertuzzi	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0
Travis Green T. Green	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Kenny Jonsson K. Jonsson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0
Scott Lachance S. Lachance	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0
Bryan McCabe B. McCabe	0	1	1	+1	5	0	0	2	0.0
Ziggy Palffy Z. Palffy	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	5	0.0
Dan Plante D. Plante	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Robert Reichel R. Reichel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0
Bryan Smolinski B. Smolinski	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
Dennis Vaske D. Vaske	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0
Steve Webb S. Webb	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Randy Wood R. Wood	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Steve Shields (L) S. Shields	0	1	0	28	25	.893	3	2.95	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	0	7	0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	0	5	1	0.0
Jason Dawe J. Dawe	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0
Garry Galley G. Galley	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Brad May B. May	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Jay McKee J. McKee	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0.0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0