The Buffalo Sabres came up just a bit short against the New York Islanders, 3 to 2, in overtime on March 26, 1997.
Final
1st period
NYI
BUF
Brad May (EV) assisted by Rob Ray and Wayne Primeau
0
1
Niklas Andersson (EV) assisted by Todd Bertuzzi and Travis Green
1
1
2nd period
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BUF
Dan Plante (EV) assisted by Ken Belanger and Dennis Vaske
2
1
3rd period
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BUF
Miroslav Satan (EV) assisted by Jason Dawe and Alexei Zhitnik
2
2
OT
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BUF
Bryan Berard (EV) assisted by Bryan McCabe and Bryan Smolinski
3
2
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Sabres
Goals
3
2
Shots
28
27
Penalty Minutes
18
18
Power-Play Goals
0
0
Power-Play Opportunities
3
3
Faceoff Wins
Hits
Giveaways
Takeaways
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Salo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 25 | .926 | 2 | 1.97 | 0 | 61 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Andersson | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | ||||||||
K. Belanger | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Berard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | ||||||||
T. Bertuzzi | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
T. Green | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
K. Jonsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
S. Lachance | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. McCabe | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
Z. Palffy | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Plante | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
R. Reichel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. Smolinski | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Vaske | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
S. Webb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
R. Wood | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | T | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Shields | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 25 | .893 | 3 | 2.95 | 0 | 61 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Audette | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
B. Boughner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
J. Dawe | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
G. Galley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Grosek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
B. May | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
J. McKee | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Peca | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
W. Primeau | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
R. Ray | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Satan | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | ||||||||
D. Shannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
R. Smehlik | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
D. Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||
M. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||||||||
A. Zhitnik | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
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13th
GA/GP
3.21
19th
PP%
18.6
17th
PK%
78.8
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