New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres
Fri, Dec 26, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena · 1997–98 Regular Season
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–0 on Fri, Dec 26, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. Michal Grosek led the way with 2 points. Dominik Hasek made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–26.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| NYR | 0 | 28 |
| BUF | 3 | 26 |
New York Rangers
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | Wayne Gretzky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 24:43 | 22 |
| 9 | Adam Graves | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 22:19 | 19 |
| 25 | Alexander Karpovtsev | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21:13 | 23 | |
| 16 | Pat LaFontaine | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 57.9 | 18:18 | 23 |
| 5 | Ulf Samuelsson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:13 | 23 | |
| 26 | Jeff Finley | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 | 21 | |
| 18 | Bill Berg | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16:39 | 23 | |
| 33 | Bruce Driver | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:21 | 19 | |
| 2 | Brian Leetch | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16:03 | 27 | |
| 17 | Kevin Stevens | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15:46 | 21 | |
| 12 | Mike Keane | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 15:37 | 19 |
| 21 | Johan Lindbom | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:29 | 19 | |
| 20 | Brian Skrudland | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43.8 | 13:46 | 17 |
| 37 | Tim Sweeney | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 20 | |
| 27 | Alex Kovalev | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 | 10 | |
| 10 | Marc Savard | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 | 10:13 | 12 |
| 29 | Eric Cairns | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:54 | 10 | |
| 15 | Darren Langdon | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3:27 | 6 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Mike Richter | L | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 57:53 |
| 31 | Jason Muzzatti | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | Michal Grosek | L | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14:11 | 18 | |
| 44 | Alexei Zhitnik | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:14 | 26 | |
| 5 | Jason Woolley | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16:16 | 17 | |
| 17 | Jason Dawe | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:36 | 25 | |
| 15 | Dixon Ward | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 | 24 | |
| 36 | Matthew Barnaby | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11:48 | 14 | |
| 8 | Darryl Shannon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23:11 | 22 | |
| 42 | Richard Smehlik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 | 25 | |
| 27 | Michael Peca | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 48.0 | 22:00 | 27 |
| 26 | Derek Plante | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 19:47 | 23 |
| 4 | Mike Wilson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 | 20 | |
| 28 | Donald Audette | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15:59 | 18 | |
| 6 | Bob Boughner | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:16 | 19 | |
| 19 | Brian Holzinger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 | 12:40 | 16 |
| 37 | Curtis Brown | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 66.7 | 11:59 | 15 |
| 81 | Miroslav Satan | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 | 11 | |
| 25 | Vaclav Varada | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8:45 | 11 | |
| 10 | Brad May | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6:43 | 9 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Dominik Hasek | W | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| 31 | Steve Shields | 0 | 0 | 0 |