New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, February 21, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–2 on Friday, February 21, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 36–25.
Goals came from Jason Dawe, Brian Holzinger, Brad May, Bob Boughner, Travis Green, Claude Lapointe and Garry Galley.
Dominik Hasek made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Tommy Salo stopped 11 of 14.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Dawe (19)Michal Grosek (16), Derek Plante (17)0–110:40 BUF · 
Brian Holzinger (17)Jason Dawe (16), Michal Grosek (17)0–219:46 BUF
2nd period
Brad May (2)Michael Peca (21)0–310:39 BUF
Bob Boughner (1)Michael Peca (22), Dixon Ward (25)0–417:33 BUF
3rd period
Travis Green (15)Bryan Berard (30), Ziggy Palffy (29)1–401:51 NYI · 
Claude Lapointe (6)Scott Lachance (8), Todd Bertuzzi (6)2–417:32 NYI
Garry Galley (3)Unassisted2–519:58 BUF · ·
Team stats
NYIBUF
3625
0%0%
1/111/5
7496
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:47 into the first period
Michael Peca · roughing2 min - 3:03 into the first period
Rich Pilon · roughing2 min - 6:18 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 9:19 into the first periodWayne Primeau · fighting5 min
- 9:19 into the first periodWayne Primeau · game misconduct10 min
- 9:19 into the first periodRich Pilon · cross checking2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodDan Plante · fighting5 min
- 9:19 into the first periodDan Plante · game misconduct10 min
- 9:19 into the first periodSteve Webb · fighting5 min
- 11:01 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
- 11:01 into the first periodPaul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 12:05 into the first periodDerek Plante · slashing2 min
- 12:05 into the first periodBrent Hughes · roughing2 min
- 14:14 into the first periodBrad May · elbowing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodDoug Houda · roughing2 min
- 17:41 into the first periodTodd Bertuzzi · roughing2 min
- 1:29 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:22 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · tripping2 min
- 14:09 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodRob Ray · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 1:07 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 1:07 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 1:07 into the third periodPaul Kruse · misconduct10 min
- 1:07 into the third periodBryan McCabe · roughing2 min
- 4:27 into the third periodRich Pilon · interference2 min
- 6:35 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 10:41 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 10:41 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
- 10:41 into the third periodBryan Berard · fighting5 min
- 10:41 into the third periodBryan Berard · misconduct10 min
- 13:28 into the third periodEd Ronan · fighting5 min
- 13:28 into the third periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodMichal Grosek · fighting5 min
- 15:38 into the third periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 19:20 into the third periodDixon Ward · interference2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 13Claude LapointeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 6 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Doug HoudaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 10 | 1 | .900 | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |