Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, January 30, 1994 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, January 30, 1994 at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 39–26.
Jesse Belanger scored twice. Jason Dawe, Scott Mellanby and Donald Audette also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Dawe (1)Doug Bodger (20)0–111:13 BUF
Scott Mellanby (21)Joe Cirella (5), Keith Brown (3)1–113:41 FLA
2nd period
Jesse Belanger (13)Rob Niedermayer (13), Gord Murphy (14)2–115:08 FLA ·
3rd period
- Jesse Belanger (14)Keith Brown (4)3–110:37 FLA
Donald Audette (13)Dale Hawerchuk (30), Derek Plante (19)3–218:21 BUF ·
Team stats
FLABUF
2639
0%0%
1/61/6
1212
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 11:36 into the first period
Rob Ray · roughing2 min - 16:16 into the first period
Gord Murphy · holding2 min - 3:25 into the second periodTom Fitzgerald · interference2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodDonald Audette · roughing2 min
- 6:29 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · tripping2 min
- 10:46 into the second periodTom Fitzgerald · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 14:20 into the second periodRob Ray · high sticking2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodGeoff Smith · holding the stick2 min
- 19:52 into the second periodDonald Audette · holding2 min
- 13:08 into the third periodAlexander Mogilny · elbowing2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodBrian Benning · interference2 min
- 17:36 into the third periodScott Mellanby · high sticking2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 26Jesse BelangerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Keith BrownD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 2Joe CirellaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 12Jody HullR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17Mike FolignoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike HoughL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 19Andrei LomakinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Bob KudelskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Brian BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 25Geoff SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mark FitzpatrickG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 39 | 2 | .949 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Dale HawerchukC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 43Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 8Doug BodgerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 13Yuri KhmylevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 14Dave HannanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 19Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Bob SweeneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 5Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 24Randy MollerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 41Ken SuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Markus KettererG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 26 | 3 | .885 |