Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 1997 · Miami Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 18–32

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Saturday, March 22, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 32-18.

Goals came from Scott Mellanby, Miroslav Satan, Ray Sheppard, Radek Dvorak and Jay McKee.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	1	2	18
FLA	1	2	0	3	32

Scoring

1st period

Scott Mellanby (26)Bill Lindsay (22), Terry Carkner (13)0–111:58 FLA

2nd period

Miroslav Satan (18)Richard Smehlik (19), Derek Plante (25)1–106:12 BUF
Ray Sheppard (28)Kirk Muller (18), Robert Svehla (28)1–209:03 FLA · PPG
Radek Dvorak (17)Ray Sheppard (26)1–314:25 FLA

3rd period

Jay McKee (1)Miroslav Satan (12)2–318:39 BUF

Team stats

BUFFLA

18Shots on goal32

0%Faceoff %0%

0/6Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes12

0Hits0

0Blocked shots0

0Giveaways0

0Takeaways0

Penalties

1st 07:45Richard Smehlik · high sticking2 min
1st 19:09Mike Hough · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 03:51Ed Jovanovski · roughing2 min
2nd 07:04Brad May · roughing2 min
2nd 08:40Derek Plante · slashing2 min
2nd 18:19Scott Mellanby · holding the stick2 min
3rd 04:57Dave Lowry · high sticking2 min
3rd 04:57Dave Lowry · high sticking2 min
3rd 14:35Steve Shields · tripping2 min
3rd 15:18Scott Mellanby · tripping2 min

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