New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres

Wed, Mar 26, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena · 1996–97 Regular Season

New York Islanders

3 – 2

Final/OT

Buffalo Sabres

The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Wed, Mar 26, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. Tommy Salo made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
NYI	3	28
BUF	2	27

New York Islanders

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
15	Bryan Smolinski	C	0	1	1	0	2	4
32	Niklas Andersson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3
28	Dennis Vaske	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0
42	Dan Plante	R	1	0	1	0	0	2
44	Todd Bertuzzi	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0
34	Bryan Berard	D	1	0	1	0	0	4
39	Travis Green	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1
4	Bryan McCabe	D	0	1	1	+1	5	2
33	Ken Belanger	L	0	1	1	+1	5	0
11	Randy Wood	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1
16	Ziggy Palffy	R	0	0	0	-1	0	5
13	Claude Lapointe	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Robert Reichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4
7	Scott Lachance	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0
3	Kenny Jonsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
62	Steve Webb	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
2	Rich Pilon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	Brent Hughes	L	0	0	0	0	0	0

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Tommy Salo	W	27	25	2	.926	61:00
1	Eric Fichaud		0	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
81	Miroslav Satan	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2
76	Wayne Primeau	C	0	1	1	0	0	1
17	Jason Dawe	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4
10	Brad May	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2
32	Rob Ray	R	0	1	1	-1	2	1
15	Dixon Ward	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3
4	Mike Wilson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
26	Derek Plante	C	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Darryl Shannon	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0
3	Garry Galley	D	0	0	0	0	0	2
36	Matthew Barnaby	R	0	0	0	0	7	0
6	Bob Boughner	D	0	0	0	0	5	1
28	Donald Audette	R	0	0	0	-3	0	4
74	Jay McKee	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
18	Michal Grosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	Michael Peca	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
42	Richard Smehlik	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Steve Shields	L	28	25	3	.893	61:00
63	Scott Buhler		0	0	0