New York Islanders vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 26, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, March 26, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Islanders outshot the Sabres 28–27.
Goals came from Brad May, Niklas Andersson, Dan Plante, Miroslav Satan and Bryan Berard.
Tommy Salo made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Brad May (3)Rob Ray (3), Wayne Primeau (4)0–100:38 BUF
Niklas Andersson (11)Todd Bertuzzi (10), Travis Green (38)1–108:53 NYI
2nd period
Dan Plante (4)Ken Belanger (1), Dennis Vaske (2)2–118:06 NYI
3rd period
Miroslav Satan (19)Jason Dawe (25), Alexei Zhitnik (27)2–210:06 BUF
Overtime
Bryan Berard (8)Bryan McCabe (16), Bryan Smolinski (25)3–201:00 NYI
Team stats
NYIBUF
2827
0%0%
0/30/3
1818
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 7:51 into the first period
Bob Boughner · fighting5 min - 7:51 into the first period
Ken Belanger · fighting5 min - 20:00 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 6:54 into the second periodSteve Webb · hooking2 min
- 11:54 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 11:54 into the second periodBryan McCabe · fighting5 min
- 13:28 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · high sticking2 min
- 4:57 into the third periodBryan Smolinski · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:37 into the third periodTodd Bertuzzi · charging2 min
- 11:54 into the third periodRichard Smehlik · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodRandy Wood · roughing2 min
Season series
New York Islanders
| 15Bryan SmolinskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Niklas AnderssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 33Ken BelangerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 39Travis GreenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Dan PlanteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 44Todd BertuzziR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Bryan McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Dennis VaskeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 11Randy WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Ziggy PalffyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | – |
| 20Brent HughesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 21Robert ReichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 62Steve WebbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Kenny JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Scott LachanceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Eric FichaudG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 10Brad MayL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 63Scott BuhlerG | 0 | 0 | – |