Pittsburgh Penguins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 5, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Wednesday, March 5, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 27-25.
Goals came from Donald Audette, Glen Murray, Dixon Ward, Derek Plante, Joe Dziedzic and Alexei Zhitnik.
Dominik Hasek made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ken Wregget stopped 23 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Donald Audette (24)Garry Galley (29), Derek Plante (20)0–105:42 BUF · PPG
Glen Murray (10)Ron Francis (48), Petr Nedved (30)1–110:14 PIT · PPG
Dixon Ward (11)Unassisted1–218:04 BUF · SHG
2nd period
Derek Plante (24)Matthew Barnaby (23), Dominik Hasek (2)1–306:46 BUF
Joe Dziedzic (7)Ron Francis (49), Glen Murray (10)2–316:06 PIT
3rd period
Alexei Zhitnik (5)Derek Plante (21)2–419:53 BUF · EN
Team stats
PITBUF
25Shots on goal27
0%Faceoff %0%
1/7Power play1/5
22Penalty minutes16
0Hits0
0Blocked shots0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
Penalties
- 1st 01:47
Mike Wilson · tripping2 min - 1st 03:49
Jeffrey Christian · holding stick obstruction2 min - 1st 04:29Ron Francis · interference2 min
- 1st 06:26Alexei Zhitnik · slashing2 min
- 1st 09:48Rob Ray · interference2 min
- 1st 15:27Joe Dziedzic · cross checking2 min
- 1st 16:46Matthew Barnaby · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 02:32Alek Stojanov · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 09:27Barrie Moore · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:50Richard Smehlik · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 01:26Kevin Hatcher · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 01:26Kevin Hatcher · misconduct10 min
- 3rd 11:15Bob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 3rd 11:15Garry Valk · roughing2 min
- 3rd 17:25Ed Ronan · slashing2 min
Season series
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 2 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | – |
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 8Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – |
| 25Alek StojanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 38Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 72Jeffrey ChristianL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:03 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 38Barrie MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:58 |