Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings
Regular season · Friday, March 28, 1997 · Joe Louis Arena
Game summary
The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime on Friday, March 28, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 41–22.
Goals came from Steve Yzerman, Matthew Barnaby and Larry Murphy.
Mike Vernon made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 39 of 41.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Yzerman (18)Martin Lapointe (17), Nicklas Lidstrom (41)0–116:23 DET ·
3rd period
Matthew Barnaby (19)Michal Grosek (20), Derek Plante (26)1–114:03 BUF
Overtime
Larry Murphy (9)Sergei Fedorov (30), Steve Yzerman (62)1–203:10 DET
Team stats
BUFDET
2241
0%0%
0/51/5
1627
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:48 into the first period
Donald Audette · tripping obstruction2 min - 9:39 into the first periodMiroslav Satan · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:09 into the first period
Joey Kocur · tripping obstruction2 min - 15:17 into the first periodBob Boughner · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:47 into the first periodKirk Maltby · checking from behind5 min
- 16:47 into the first periodKirk Maltby · game misconduct10 min
- 18:58 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 19:57 into the first periodMartin Lapointe · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 8:54 into the second periodBob Boughner · holding2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodDarren McCarty · roughing2 min
- 15:32 into the second periodDarren McCarty · roughing2 min
- 18:33 into the second periodMichael Peca · charging2 min
- 11:17 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 11:17 into the third periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
- 14:19 into the third periodVladimir Konstantinov · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 41 | 2 | .951 |
| 63Scott BuhlerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Detroit Red Wings
| 19Steve YzermanC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Nicklas LidstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 55Larry MurphyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | – |
| 8Igor LarionovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Mathieu DandenaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 14Brendan ShanahanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 15Tomas HolmstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 18Kirk MaltbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 25Darren McCartyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 26Joey KocurR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 37Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Jamie PushorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 16Vladimir KonstantinovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Aaron WardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | W | 22 | 1 | .955 |
| 30Chris OsgoodG | 0 | 0 | – |