Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 1997 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 4–3 in overtime on Saturday, November 1, 1997 at Miami Arena. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 30–23.
Goals came from Dave Gagner, Scott Mellanby, Jason Dawe, Miroslav Satan, Tom Fitzgerald, Michael Peca and Dixon Ward.
Scoring
1st period
Dave Gagner (6)Robert Svehla (4)0–108:22 FLA
Scott Mellanby (5)Dave Gagner (5), Esa Tikkanen (6)0–212:07 FLA ·
2nd period
Jason Dawe (8)Michael Peca (3)1–204:25 BUF · 
Miroslav Satan (7)Curtis Brown (3), Derek Plante (7)2–212:10 BUF ·
3rd period
Tom Fitzgerald (3)Bill Lindsay (3)2–306:07 FLA
Michael Peca (1)Jason Dawe (4)3–315:02 BUF ·
Overtime
Dixon Ward (2)Unassisted4–301:14 BUF
Team stats
BUFFLA
3023
52%48%
2/51/6
2432
614
10
16
12
Penalties
- 10:53 into the first period
Rob Ray · slashing2 min - 15:33 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 15:33 into the first period
Paul Laus · roughing2 min - 15:33 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 19:23 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · elbowing2 min
- 3:21 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · interference2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodEsa Tikkanen · elbowing2 min
- 9:24 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 11:32 into the second periodTerry Carkner · roughing2 min
- 13:27 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference2 min
- 14:29 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 17:11 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 17:11 into the second periodPaul Laus · misconduct10 min
- 17:11 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · elbowing2 min
- 13:53 into the third periodRobert Svehla · roughing2 min
- 1:14 into overtimeScott Mellanby · misconduct10 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.