New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 28, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Scoring
1st period
Tim Sweeney (6)Pat LaFontaine (17)1–000:16 NYR
Pat LaFontaine (15)Doug Lidster (2)2–012:48 NYR
Alexei Zhitnik (4)Jason Woolley (6), Brian Holzinger (7)2–117:02 BUF ·
2nd period
Derek Plante (5)Miroslav Satan (8), Michal Grosek (9)2–212:47 BUF
3rd period
Wayne Gretzky (8)Niklas Sundstrom (12)3–206:14 NYR
Donald Audette (6)Darryl Shannon (11), Curtis Brown (4)3–316:39 BUF
Team stats
NYRBUF
3023
56%44%
0/41/3
1113
1524
128
3251
410
Penalties
- 10:16 into the first period
Pat LaFontaine · tripping2 min - 13:54 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min - 13:54 into the first periodJeff Finley · fighting5 min
- 16:57 into the first periodBrian Leetch · hooking2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodRyan Vandenbussche · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:53 into the second periodMiroslav Satan · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:16 into the third periodCurtis Brown · holding2 min
- 14:11 into the third periodJay McKee · holding the stick2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:27 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:50 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:33 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:41 |
| 8Ryan VandenbusscheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:56 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 8 | 24:20 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:43 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:52 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:24 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 33:57 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | T | 23 | 3 | .870 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:09 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:38 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 29:00 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 22:33 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 27:05 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | T | 30 | 3 | .900 |