Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 12, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–2 in overtime on Friday, December 12, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Hurricanes outshot the Sabres 37–28.
Goals came from Michael Peca, Kevin Dineen, Jeff O'Neill, Miroslav Satan and Matthew Barnaby.
Dominik Hasek made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 25 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Peca (5)Richard Smehlik (6), Derek Plante (11)0–105:28 BUF ·
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (5)Paul Ranheim (3), Enrico Ciccone (3)1–105:14 CAR
Jeff O'Neill (7)Geoff Sanderson (8), Glen Wesley (10)2–111:13 CAR · 
Miroslav Satan (13)Jason Woolley (11)2–218:22 BUF
Overtime
Matthew Barnaby (1)Richard Smehlik (7)2–304:45 BUF
Team stats
CARBUF
3728
46%54%
1/41/2
48
3215
83
3845
1519
Penalties
- 3:31 into the first period
Steve Chiasson · hooking2 min - 19:34 into the first period
Brad May · roughing2 min - 8:21 into the second periodMichael Peca · holding obstruction2 min
- 16:59 into the second periodAdam Burt · interference obstruction2 min
- 2:26 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodBob Boughner · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:15 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:31 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 39Enrico CicconeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 21:51 |
| 12Steven RiceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:00 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:38 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:12 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:39 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:57 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 22:56 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 21Jeff BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 27:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Sean BurkeG | L | 28 | 3 | .893 |
| 37Trevor KiddG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 24:03 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:17 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:28 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:48 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:00 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:08 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:11 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |