San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 3–1 on Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 39–24.
Goals came from Michael Peca, Dixon Ward, Alexei Zhitnik and John MacLean.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Peca (13)Darryl Shannon (16)0–100:24 BUF
2nd period
Dixon Ward (8)Rob Ray (1), Wayne Primeau (3)0–209:14 BUF
3rd period
Alexei Zhitnik (10)Michael Peca (16), Dixon Ward (5)0–310:44 BUF
John MacLean (10)Unassisted1–319:41 SJS
Team stats
SJSBUF
3924
54%46%
0/70/4
1016
1012
817
1932
710
Penalties
- 0:55 into the first period
Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min - 0:55 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 0:55 into the first period
Shawn Burr · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 3:59 into the first periodDave Lowry · hooking2 min
- 5:32 into the first periodMichael Peca · hooking obstruction2 min
- 14:03 into the first periodShawn Burr · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:51 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · tripping2 min
- 17:42 into the first periodAndrei Nazarov · hooking obstruction2 min
- 0:14 into the second periodShawn Burr · cross checking2 min
- 2:58 into the second periodWayne Primeau · hooking obstruction2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:33 into the second periodJason Woolley · high sticking2 min
- 14:21 into the third periodJay McKee · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.