Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, November 6, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

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4–2

25–30

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Thursday, November 6, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 30–25.

Goals came from Bill Lindsay, Dixon Ward, Rob Niedermayer, Brian Holzinger, David Nemirovsky and Chris Wells.

Goals
FLA	1	2	1	4	25
BUF	1	1	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Bill Lindsay (5)Robert Svehla (5)1–009:36 FLA ·
Dixon Ward (3)Brian Holzinger (5)1–113:17 BUF

2nd period

Rob Niedermayer (2)Dave Gagner (6), Robert Svehla (6)2–100:31 FLA ·
Brian Holzinger (3)Miroslav Satan (4), Michal Grosek (6)2–203:15 BUF
David Nemirovsky (2)Ray Whitney (4), Kirk Muller (5)3–213:02 FLA

3rd period

Chris Wells (2)Bill Lindsay (4), Tom Fitzgerald (3)4–219:47 FLA ·

Team stats

FLABUF

2530

45%55%

1/60/6

4647

1019

93

2129

618

Penalties

1:43 into the first periodDave Gagner · high sticking2 min
7:12 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · interference obstruction2 min
8:23 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · tripping2 min
11:04 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
17:40 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
17:40 into the first periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
17:40 into the first periodBrad May · fighting5 min
17:40 into the first periodBrad May · game misconduct10 min
17:40 into the first periodMike Wilson · roughing2 min
17:40 into the first periodScott Mellanby · misconduct10 min
17:40 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
17:40 into the first periodEd Jovanovski · misconduct10 min
1:13 into the second periodPaul Laus · hooking obstruction2 min
5:52 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
8:25 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
8:25 into the second periodDallas Eakins · fighting5 min
13:16 into the second periodCurtis Brown · roughing2 min
13:16 into the second periodKirk Muller · roughing2 min
13:16 into the second periodPaul Laus · roughing2 min
2:03 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
2:03 into the third periodDallas Eakins · fighting5 min
8:51 into the third periodKirk Muller · holding obstruction2 min
15:02 into the third periodMike Wilson · tripping2 min

Season series