Dallas Stars vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 31, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Dallas Stars 3–1 on Friday, January 31, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Stars outshot the Sabres 35–24.
Goals came from Derek Plante, Dixon Ward, Mike Modano and Matthew Barnaby.
Dominik Hasek made 34 saves on 35 shots for the win; Arturs Irbe stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
2nd period
Derek Plante (22)Matthew Barnaby (17), Alexei Zhitnik (18)0–106:45 BUF
Dixon Ward (7)Michael Peca (15), Richard Smehlik (11)0–214:04 BUF
3rd period
Mike Modano (23)Jamie Langenbrunner (16), Joe Nieuwendyk (13)1–205:34 DAL
Matthew Barnaby (12)Unassisted1–314:37 BUF
Team stats
DALBUF
3524
0%0%
0/20/4
214
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 4:21 into the first period
Benoit Hogue · boarding2 min - 10:59 into the first periodTodd Harvey · holding2 min
- 17:36 into the first period
Rob Ray · elbowing2 min - 16:53 into the second periodJason Dawe · tripping2 min
- 19:33 into the second periodDarryl Sydor · slashing2 min
- 19:54 into the third periodTodd Harvey · elbowing5 min
- 19:54 into the third periodTodd Harvey · game misconduct10 min
Season series
Dallas Stars
| 9Mike ModanoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 15Jamie LangenbrunnerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Joe NieuwendykC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Neal BrotenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 16Pat VerbeekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 21Guy CarbonneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 26Jere LehtinenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 28Bob BassenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 33Benoit HogueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 41Brent GilchristL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Derian HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Darryl SydorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Grant LedyardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 18Mike LalorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 24Richard MatvichukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 56Sergei ZubovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Arturs IrbeG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 35 | 1 | .971 |