New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, December 29, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

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3–1

19–23

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Game summary

The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Monday, December 29, 1997 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 23–19.

Goals came from Randy Mckay, Bill Guerin, Michael Peca and Steve Thomas.

Goals
NJD	3	0	0	3	19
BUF	1	0	0	1	23

Scoring

1st period

Randy Mckay (15)Dave Andreychuk (16), Sheldon Souray (3)1–000:49 NJD
Bill Guerin (5)Unassisted2–003:23 NJD ·
Michael Peca (8)Derek Plante (13), Jason Dawe (10)2–110:28 BUF ·
Steve Thomas (6)Peter Zezel (1)3–112:49 NJD

Team stats

NJDBUF

1923

54%46%

1/31/6

2620

1713

158

2547

913

Penalties

1:43 into the first periodMichal Grosek · tripping2 min
9:17 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
9:17 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · elbowing2 min
9:17 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
11:24 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
11:24 into the first periodSheldon Souray · fighting5 min
19:54 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
19:54 into the first periodDenis Pederson · charging2 min
19:54 into the first periodDenis Pederson · roughing2 min
9:24 into the second periodDoug Gilmour · holding obstruction2 min
12:07 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
15:27 into the second periodKrzysztof Oliwa · roughing2 min
15:59 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · interference goalkeeper2 min
4:06 into the third periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
4:06 into the third periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
6:15 into the third periodLyle Odelein · cross checking2 min
16:25 into the third periodPatrik Elias · high sticking2 min

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