Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Monday, March 2, 1998 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 1–0 on Monday, March 2, 1998 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 33–18.
Goals came from Alexei Zhitnik.
Dominik Hasek made 33 saves on 33 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 17 of 18.
Scoring
2nd period
Alexei Zhitnik (9)Miroslav Satan (18), Michal Grosek (17)1–002:05 BUF
Team stats
BUFNYR
1833
42%58%
0/40/4
88
1215
189
2653
831
Penalties
- 2:26 into the first period
Michael Peca · holding2 min - 7:51 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping obstruction2 min
- 10:02 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · cross checking2 min
- 13:02 into the first period
Darren Langdon · hooking obstruction2 min - 8:26 into the second periodMiroslav Satan · high sticking2 min
- 11:06 into the second periodUlf Samuelsson · high sticking2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodDarren Langdon · slashing2 min
- 5:34 into the third periodDarren Langdon · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:19 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:22 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 12Randy BurridgeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:45 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 17Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:21 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:39 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:54 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:58 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:54 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:22 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 33 | 0 | 1.000 |
New York Rangers
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 21:31 |
| 12Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| 15Darren LangdonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:21 |
| 16Pat LaFontaineC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13:44 |
| 18Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 20Brian SkrudlandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:18 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 32Mike EastwoodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 37Tim SweeneyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:17 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31:02 |
| 5Ulf SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:12 |
| 6Doug LidsterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 23Jeff BeukeboomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 26Jeff FinleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| 33Bruce DriverD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Dan CloutierG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 18 | 1 | .944 |