Buffalo Sabres vs Chicago Blackhawks
Regular season · Sunday, March 30, 1997 · United Center
Game summary
The Chicago Blackhawks beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Sunday, March 30, 1997 at United Center. The Sabres outshot the Blackhawks 27–22.
Goals came from Keith Carney, Donald Audette, Murray Craven, Richard Smehlik and Ulf Dahlen.
Jeff Hackett made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Keith Carney (3)Alexei Zhamnov (41), Sergei Krivokrasov (11)0–101:19 CHI
Donald Audette (28)Darryl Shannon (18)1–111:51 BUF
2nd period
Murray Craven (7)Eric Daze (17), Ethan Moreau (14)1–205:00 CHI
3rd period
Richard Smehlik (10)Brian Holzinger (24), Donald Audette (21)2–201:10 BUF
Ulf Dahlen (14)Michal Sykora (13), Denis Savard (17)2–303:58 CHI
Team stats
BUFCHI
2722
0%0%
0/40/2
812
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 1:58 into the first period
Ethan Moreau · holding obstruction2 min - 4:31 into the first period
Darryl Shannon · hooking2 min - 5:24 into the second periodJim Cummins · roughing2 min
- 14:35 into the second periodDixon Ward · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:23 into the second periodGary Suter · tripping2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 0:08 into the third periodBob Probert · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:35 into the third periodEnrico Ciccone · high sticking2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:24 into the third periodBob Probert · charging2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
| 63Scott BuhlerG | 0 | 0 | – |
Chicago Blackhawks
| 18Denis SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 19Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 22Ulf DahlenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Alexei ZhamnovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 32Murray CravenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 55Eric DazeL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Keith CarneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 6Michal SykoraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Tony AmonteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Jim CumminsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 16Kevin MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Bob ProbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Chris CheliosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 40Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | – |