New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 26, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–0 on Friday, December 26, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 28–26.
Goals came from Jason Woolley, Dixon Ward and Michal Grosek.
Dominik Hasek made 28 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 23 of 25.
Scoring
2nd period
Jason Woolley (2)Matthew Barnaby (5), Michal Grosek (10)0–104:39 BUF
3rd period
Dixon Ward (4)Jason Dawe (9)0–214:54 BUF
Michal Grosek (4)Alexei Zhitnik (10)0–319:35 BUF · ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
2826
57%43%
0/61/4
1014
1221
613
2750
1214
Penalties
- 0:13 into the first period
Dominik Hasek · delaying game2 min - 8:22 into the first period
Eric Cairns · interference obstruction2 min - 6:22 into the second periodMichal Grosek · interference obstruction2 min
- 15:14 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
- 0:39 into the third periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
- 0:39 into the third periodUlf Samuelsson · roughing2 min
- 6:40 into the third periodJeff Finley · holding the stick2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDixon Ward · high sticking2 min
- 9:19 into the third periodDixon Ward · high sticking2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodBruce Driver · high sticking2 min
- 16:46 into the third periodDonald Audette · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:20 into the third periodPat LaFontaine · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22:19 |
| 10Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:37 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 03:27 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:18 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:46 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 21Johan LindbomL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:58 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 24:43 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 25Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:13 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 29Eric CairnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jason MuzzattiG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 25 | 2 | .920 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:11 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:48 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26:14 |
| 10Brad MayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:45 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15:59 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:16 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 28 | 0 | 1.000 |