Buffalo Sabres vs Carolina Hurricanes
Regular season · Friday, October 31, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in overtime on Friday, October 31, 1997 at Greensboro Coliseum. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 25–24.
Goals came from Alexei Zhitnik, Steve Chiasson, Gary Roberts, Jay McKee and Jason Dawe.
Steve Shields made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 21 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alexei Zhitnik (1)Derek Plante (6)1–004:42 BUF
Steve Chiasson (1)Jeff Brown (3)1–108:34 CAR ·
2nd period
Gary Roberts (3)Jeff O'Neill (4), Kevin Dineen (2)1–215:52 CAR · 
Jay McKee (1)Brian Holzinger (4), Miroslav Satan (3)2–218:18 BUF
Overtime
Jason Dawe (7)Michael Peca (2), Dixon Ward (2)3–203:21 BUF
Team stats
BUFCAR
2425
50%50%
0/42/6
1614
1114
613
21
57
Penalties
- 4:16 into the first period
Michael Peca · interference2 min - 4:28 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · high sticking2 min - 6:09 into the first periodJay McKee · hooking2 min
- 7:34 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding the stick2 min
- 12:32 into the first periodCurtis Brown · interference2 min
- 12:32 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodBrad May · roughing2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodStu Grimson · high sticking2 min
- 15:18 into the first periodStu Grimson · roughing2 min
- 5:37 into the second periodJay McKee · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:20 into the second periodAdam Burt · high sticking2 min
- 11:41 into the second periodJason Dawe · charging2 min
- 12:00 into the second periodJeff Brown · hooking2 min
- 13:53 into the second periodMiroslav Satan · hooking2 min
- 12:05 into the third periodKevin Dineen · elbowing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:25 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 19:38 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:12 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:20 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:37 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:32 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – |
Carolina Hurricanes
| 10Gary RobertsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 22:43 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:03 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:25 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:09 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:06 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:16 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 22:00 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:24 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 24 | 3 | .875 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |