Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Tuesday, April 29, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, April 29, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Senators 31–27.
Derek Plante scored twice. Shawn McEachern, Donald Audette and Wade Redden also scored.
Steve Shields made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ron Tugnutt stopped 28 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Shawn McEachern (2)Steve Duchesne (4), Alexei Yashin (4)1–010:50 OTT ·
2nd period
Donald Audette (2)Brian Holzinger (4), Garry Galley (3)1–116:03 BUF ·
3rd period
Wade Redden (1)Alexei Yashin (5), Radek Bonk (1)2–100:45 OTT
Derek Plante (2)Unassisted2–206:29 BUF
Overtime
- Derek Plante (3)Matthew Barnaby (2)2–305:24 BUF
Team stats
OTTBUF
2731
0%0%
1/21/4
106
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:37 into the first period
Shawn McEachern · slashing2 min - 10:03 into the first period
Jason Dawe · hooking2 min - 19:44 into the first periodJason Dawe · roughing2 min
- 19:44 into the first periodDenny Lambert · elbowing2 min
- 9:16 into the second periodAlexei Yashin · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:05 into the second periodDixon Ward · interference2 min
- 15:05 into the second periodBruce Gardiner · roughing2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodShawn McEachern · holding2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 76Radek BonkC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 28Steve DuchesneD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 7Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Daniel AlfredssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 16Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Tom ChorskeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 42Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 91Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 44Radim BicanekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Ron TugnuttG | L | 31 | 3 | .903 |
| 35Mike BalesG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Derek PlanteC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | – |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 3Garry GalleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Ed RonanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 76Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Andrei TrefilovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |