The Montreal Canadiens came up just a bit short against the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime in Game 3 of the 1998 playoff series on May 12, 1998.

Final

Sabres

3-0-0

5

Canadiens

0-3-0

4

Team

BUF

MTL

OT2

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

MTL

Turner Stevenson (EV) assisted by Stephane Quintal

Curtis Brown (PP) assisted by Jason Woolley and Michal Grosek

Michael Peca (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward and Alexei Zhitnik

Turner Stevenson (EV) assisted by Igor Ulanov and Jocelyn Thibault

Vaclav Varada (EV) assisted by Jason Woolley

2nd period

BUF

MTL

Saku Koivu (EV) assisted by Mark Recchi and Shayne Corson

Geoff Sanderson (EV) assisted by Brian Holzinger and Donald Audette

Vladimir Malakhov (EV) assisted by Peter Popovic and Mark Recchi

OT2

BUF

MTL

Michael Peca (EV) assisted by Dixon Ward and Vaclav Varada

Sabres

Canadiens

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Canadiens

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Dominik Hasek (W) D. Hasek	1	0	0	46	42	.913	4	2.95	0	81

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%
Donald Audette D. Audette	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Matthew Barnaby M. Barnaby	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Curtis Brown C. Brown	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	20.0
Michal Grosek M. Grosek	0	1	1	-1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0.0
Brian Holzinger B. Holzinger	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Michael Peca M. Peca	2	0	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	5	40.0
Wayne Primeau W. Primeau	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Ray R. Ray	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geoff Sanderson G. Sanderson	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	2	50.0
Miroslav Satan M. Satan	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Shannon D. Shannon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Richard Smehlik R. Smehlik	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaclav Varada V. Varada	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0
Dixon Ward D. Ward	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0
Mike Wilson M. Wilson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
Jason Woolley J. Woolley	0	2	2	+3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.0
Alexei Zhitnik A. Zhitnik	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0

Goalies

NAME	W	L	T	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jocelyn Thibault J. Thibault				13	9	.692	4	9.72	0	25
Jose Theodore (L) J. Theodore	0	1	0	18	17	.944	1	1.06	0	57

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%
Sebastien Bordeleau S. Bordeleau	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Patrice Brisebois P. Brisebois	0	0	0	-3	0	5	0.0
Benoit Brunet B. Brunet	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Marc Bureau M. Bureau	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0.0
Shayne Corson S. Corson	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0
Vincent Damphousse V. Damphousse	0	0	0	-1	4	7	0.0
Jonas Hoglund J. Hoglund	0	0	0	-1	0	0
Saku Koivu S. Koivu	1	0	1	0	0	3	33.3
Vladimir Malakhov V. Malakhov	1	0	1	+2	2	2	50.0
Dave Manson D. Manson	0	0	0	-2	2	0
Peter Popovic P. Popovic	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0
Stephane Quintal S. Quintal	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0.0
Mark Recchi M. Recchi	0	2	2	0	0	3	0.0
Martin Rucinsky M. Rucinsky	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0.0
Brian Savage B. Savage	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0.0
Turner Stevenson T. Stevenson	2	0	2	+2	0	3	66.7
Scott Thornton S. Thornton	0	0	0	+2	2	4	0.0
Igor Ulanov I. Ulanov	0	1	1	+1	2	0