Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Regular season · Tuesday, March 18, 1997 · Civic Arena
Game summary
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Tuesday, March 18, 1997 at Civic Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 33–26.
Greg Johnson scored twice. Kevin Hatcher, Michael Peca, Michal Grosek, Joe Dziedzic, Matthew Barnaby and Ian Moran also scored.
Patrick Lalime made 9 saves on 10 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
2nd period
Kevin Hatcher (13)Joe Mullen (13), Petr Nedved (33)0–100:42 PIT · 
Greg Johnson (10)Unassisted0–205:39 PIT
Michael Peca (18)Donald Audette (19), Jason Dawe (23)1–213:28 BUF · 
Michal Grosek (15)Jason Dawe (24)2–218:12 BUF
3rd period
- Greg Johnson (11)Joe Mullen (14)2–301:30 PIT
Joe Dziedzic (8)Alex Hicks (17), Jeffrey Christian (1)2–410:16 PIT
Matthew Barnaby (18)Richard Smehlik (17), Derek Plante (24)3–412:18 BUF
Ian Moran (2)Kevin Hatcher (33)3–519:52 PIT ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
2633
0%0%
1/41/3
1315
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:36 into the first period
Petr Nedved · hooking obstruction2 min - 5:21 into the first period
Brad May · high sticking2 min - 8:52 into the first periodChris Tamer · cross checking2 min
- 19:01 into the first periodDixon Ward · roughing2 min
- 7:05 into the second periodBrad May · high sticking2 min
- 10:30 into the second periodFredrik Olausson · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 12:34 into the second periodChris Tamer · cross checking2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
- 15:08 into the second periodDave Roche · fighting5 min
- 7:52 into the third periodGarry Galley · roughing2 min
- 7:52 into the third periodChris Tamer · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 7Joe MullenR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 9Greg JohnsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | – |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 16Joe DziedzicL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 33Alex HicksL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 72Jeffrey ChristianL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 24Ian MoranD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 10Ron FrancisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 51Dave RocheL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 2Chris TamerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 6Neil WilkinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Fredrik OlaussonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Craig MuniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ken WreggetG | 16 | 2 | .875 | |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | W | 10 | 1 | .900 |