Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 19, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 1–0 on Friday, December 19, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 42–20.
Goals came from Donald Audette.
Dominik Hasek made 42 saves on 42 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 19 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Donald Audette (8)Vaclav Varada (1), Derek Plante (12)0–102:42 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
4220
48%52%
0/40/3
1214
1034
912
2426
1016
Penalties
- 8:35 into the first period
Darcy Tucker · cross checking2 min - 13:14 into the first period
Jason Dawe · holding2 min - 17:51 into the first periodValeri Bure · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodBrad May · slashing2 min
- 7:55 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · charging2 min
- 10:10 into the second periodMike Wilson · tripping2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodBrad May · roughing2 min
- 14:01 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · roughing2 min
- 15:57 into the second periodDonald Audette · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:18 into the second periodShayne Corson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 18:04 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference obstruction2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodDerek Plante · slashing2 min
- 18:06 into the third periodBenoit Brunet · slashing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:16 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:48 |
| 12Darcy TuckerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:11 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 20Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:00 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:24 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:56 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:09 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:36 |
| 3David WilkieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:08 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:55 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:57 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27:58 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 20 | 1 | .950 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:18 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:28 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:10 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:59 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:02 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 42 | 0 | 1.000 |