Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, January 2, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Scoring
1st period
Jason Dawe (15)Unassisted0–105:48 BUF
2nd period
Derek Plante (8)Richard Smehlik (10), Jay McKee (6)0–208:46 BUF · 
Joe Sakic (18)Peter Forsberg (36), Jari Kurri (9)1–212:23 COL ·
3rd period
Claude Lemieux (14)Peter Forsberg (37), Jari Kurri (10)2–217:17 COL
Team stats
COLBUF
3336
49%51%
1/51/5
2818
2422
128
2946
619
Penalties
- 0:28 into the first period
Michael Peca · hooking2 min - 6:39 into the first period
Sandis Ozolinsh · interference obstruction2 min - 16:19 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 1:21 into the second periodJon Klemm · holding2 min
- 4:07 into the second periodDonald Audette · hooking obstruction2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodJeff Odgers · hooking2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 13:30 into the second periodShean Donovan · holding2 min
- 14:44 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodMike Wilson · roughing2 min
- 16:57 into the second periodRene Corbet · roughing2 min
- 18:40 into the second periodAdam Deadmarsh · hooking2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
- 1:33 into the third periodAaron Miller · misconduct10 min
- 1:33 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · slashing2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:56 into the third periodPeter Forsberg · tripping2 min
- 1:03 into overtimeDerek Plante · roughing2 min
- 1:03 into overtimeAdam Foote · roughing2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:42 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:53 |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:14 |
| 12Shean DonovanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:51 |
| 16Jeff OdgersR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:58 |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:37 |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:57 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:57 |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:02 |
| 3Aaron MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:02 |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:16 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:22 |
| 27Francois LerouxD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:34 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:31 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Craig BillingtonG | T | 36 | 2 | .944 |
| 33Patrick RoyG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17Jason DaweR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:28 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:32 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:45 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:52 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:10 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:07 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:17 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:04 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31:40 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | T | 33 | 2 | .939 |