Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Saturday, March 21, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 32–31.
Goals came from P.J. Axelsson, Ray Bourque and Derek Plante.
Scoring
1st period
P.J. Axelsson (6)Grant Ledyard (15), Byron Dafoe (2)1–004:34 BOS ·
2nd period
Ray Bourque (12)Sergei Samsonov (22), Dave Ellett (18)2–011:21 BOS ·
3rd period
Derek Plante (12)Geoff Sanderson (16), Richard Smehlik (15)2–106:15 BUF ·
Team stats
BOSBUF
3231
52%48%
2/41/5
1412
1021
912
725
189
Penalties
- 2:42 into the first period
Michal Grosek · holding2 min - 10:58 into the first period
Jason Allison · hooking2 min - 16:44 into the first periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 16:44 into the first periodBrian Holzinger · high sticking2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodDean Malkoc · roughing2 min
- 3:15 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:26 into the second periodDarren Van Impe · cross checking2 min
- 10:03 into the second periodCurtis Brown · interference2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · tripping2 min
- 17:31 into the second periodP.J. Axelsson · hooking obstruction2 min
- 4:20 into the third periodRay Bourque · interference2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.