Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Sunday, February 1, 1998 · Miami Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5–2 on Sunday, February 1, 1998 at Miami Arena. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 31–29.
Goals came from Donald Audette, Jason Woolley, Radek Dvorak, Ray Whitney, Brian Holzinger, Derek Plante and Michael Peca.
Scoring
1st period
Donald Audette (11)Michal Grosek (16), Darryl Shannon (14)1–009:20 BUF
Jason Woolley (5)Alexei Zhitnik (14), Michael Peca (11)2–012:43 BUF ·
2nd period
Radek Dvorak (8)Robert Svehla (26), Jeff Norton (10)2–108:40 FLA · 
Ray Whitney (20)Kirk Muller (14), Robert Svehla (27)2–209:17 FLA
Brian Holzinger (9)Richard Smehlik (12)3–214:27 BUF
3rd period
Derek Plante (10)Jason Dawe (13), Alexei Zhitnik (15)4–201:45 BUF · 
Michael Peca (11)Unassisted5–219:24 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFFLA
2931
54%46%
2/51/4
1315
55
22
48
88
Penalties
- 5:39 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min - 5:39 into the first period
Ed Jovanovski · fighting5 min - 11:48 into the first periodKirk Muller · hooking2 min
- 16:00 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · interference2 min
- 3:25 into the second periodScott Mellanby · hooking2 min
- 3:37 into the second periodBill Lindsay · slashing2 min
- 6:42 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:10 into the second periodMike Wilson · cross checking2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodJeff Norton · high sticking2 min
- 1:32 into the third periodJeff Norton · high sticking2 min
- 4:34 into the third periodBrad May · charging2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.