The Buffalo Sabres squeaked out a win over the Boston Bruins, 5 to 4, on April 3, 1998.

Final

Bruins

34-27-13

4

Sabres

33-26-15

5

Team

BOS

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BOS

BUF

Curtis Brown (EV) assisted by Michael Peca and Vaclav Varada

Grant Ledyard (EV) assisted by Anson Carter and Steve Heinze

2nd period

BOS

BUF

Grant Ledyard (PP) assisted by Ray Bourque and Steve Heinze

Brian Holzinger (EV) assisted by Miroslav Satan

Matthew Barnaby (EV) assisted by Geoff Sanderson and Alexei Zhitnik

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Darryl Shannon

Jason Allison (EV) assisted by Sergei Samsonov

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Alexei Zhitnik and Curtis Brown

3rd period

BOS

BUF

Sergei Samsonov (PP) assisted by Grant Ledyard and Landon Wilson

Bruins

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Bruins

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Byron Dafoe (L) B. Dafoe	0	1	0	25	20	.800	5	5.05	0	59

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%
Jason Allison J. Allison	1	0	1	-2	14	0	0	1	100.0
P.J. Axelsson	0	0	0	-1	12	0	0	2	0.0
Ken Baumgartner K. Baumgartner	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0
Ray Bourque R. Bourque	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0
Anson Carter A. Carter	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rob DiMaio R. DiMaio	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0
Ted Donato T. Donato	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Ellett D. Ellett	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0.0
Hal Gill H. Gill	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Steve Heinze S. Heinze	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	4	0.0
Dmitri Khristich D. Khristich	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0
Grant Ledyard G. Ledyard	2	1	3	-1	0	1	1	2	100.0
Dean Malkoc D. Malkoc	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0
Sergei Samsonov S. Samsonov	1	1	2	-2	0	1	0	5	20.0
Mike Sullivan M. Sullivan	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	0.0
Tim Taylor T. Taylor	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0
Darren Van Impe D. Van Impe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Landon Wilson L. Wilson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	26	22	.846	4	4.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	0	0	+1	4	0	3	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	100.0
Bob Boughner B. Boughner	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	1	1	2	+2	0	0	2	50.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	100.0
Paul Kruse P. Kruse	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Michael Peca M. Peca	0	1	1	+2	0	0	2	0.0
Derek Plante D. Plante	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0.0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	+3	4	0	1	0.0
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	2	1	3	+1	0	1	2	100.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	2	2	+3	2	0	1	0.0