Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, January 21, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2–1 on Wednesday, January 21, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 37–33.
Goals came from Dixon Ward, Jeff O'Neill and Curtis Brown.
Dominik Hasek made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 35 of 37.
Scoring
1st period
Dixon Ward (6)Alexei Zhitnik (12), Brian Holzinger (11)0–112:56 BUF ·
2nd period
Jeff O'Neill (8)Sami Kapanen (21)1–117:59 CAR
Curtis Brown (6)Matthew Barnaby (10), Michal Grosek (13)1–218:25 BUF
Team stats
CARBUF
3337
38%62%
0/20/4
1511
612
89
2338
314
Penalties
- 9:15 into the first period
Brian Holzinger · hooking obstruction2 min - 11:28 into the first periodMichael Peca · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:24 into the first periodBob Boughner · roughing2 min
- 19:24 into the first period
Kevin Dineen · roughing2 min - 2:04 into the second periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
- 2:04 into the second periodStephen Leach · fighting5 min
- 10:18 into the second periodKent Manderville · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodKevin Dineen · holding2 min
- 3:44 into the third periodGlen Wesley · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:43 into the third periodKeith Primeau · roughing2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:37 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:56 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 27Stephen LeachR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:32 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 08:07 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:59 |
| 33Bates BattagliaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:22 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:43 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:23 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:39 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:14 |
| 5Kevin HallerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:52 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:42 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 25:14 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17:51 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:18 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:58 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:49 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 23:05 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 33 | 1 | .970 |