Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thursday, October 9, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 32–31.
Jason Dawe scored twice. Mark Tinordi, Erik Rasmussen, Miroslav Satan, Calle Johansson and Randy Burridge also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Bill Ranford stopped 27 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Mark Tinordi (2)Steve Konowalchuk (3), Jan Bulis (4)1–002:46 WSH
2nd period
Erik Rasmussen (2)Unassisted1–101:48 BUF
Jason Dawe (3)Alexei Zhitnik (1), Donald Audette (2)1–209:18 BUF ·
3rd period
- Jason Dawe (4)Jay McKee (2), Darryl Shannon (2)1–300:57 BUF
Miroslav Satan (3)Matthew Barnaby (1), Michal Grosek (2)1–406:42 BUF · 
Calle Johansson (2)Unassisted2–408:45 WSH
Randy Burridge (1)Matthew Barnaby (2)2–514:50 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
3132
51%49%
0/52/4
1427
924
88
3225
1430
Penalties
- 12:32 into the first period
Scott Nichol · tripping obstruction2 min - 16:40 into the first periodRob Ray · checking from behind5 min
- 16:40 into the first periodRob Ray · game misconduct10 min
- 16:40 into the first period
Craig Berube · roughing2 min - 3:47 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 3:47 into the second periodMike Eagles · roughing2 min
- 3:47 into the second periodMark Tinordi · roughing2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodRichard Zednik · tripping obstruction2 min
- 14:59 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodScott Nichol · roughing2 min
- 18:05 into the second periodJaroslav Svejkovsky · roughing2 min
- 18:29 into the second periodPhil Housley · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:25 into the third periodErik Rasmussen · interference obstruction2 min
- 4:48 into the third periodChris Simon · high sticking2 min
- 15:23 into the third periodMike Wilson · holding2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Jan BulisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 22Steve KonowalchukL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 15:27 |
| 6Calle JohanssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:33 |
| 24Mark TinordiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:56 |
| 12Peter BondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 17Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 20Michal PivonkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| 27Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 32Dale HunterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:37 |
| 34Jaroslav SvejkovskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:30 |
| 36Mike EaglesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 09:27 |
| 44Richard ZednikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:41 |
| 77Adam OatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 29Joe ReekieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:41 |
| 96Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Bill RanfordG | L | 32 | 5 | .844 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:56 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 13:02 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:18 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:58 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:22 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:21 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:57 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:16 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:09 |
| 45Scott NicholC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:46 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:37 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |