Buffalo Sabres vs Detroit Red Wings

Regular season · Sunday, March 29, 1998 · Joe Louis Arena

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2–4

26–38

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Game summary

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Sunday, March 29, 1998 at Joe Louis Arena. The Red Wings outshot the Sabres 38–26.

Steve Yzerman scored twice. Tomas Holmstrom, Donald Audette, Kris Draper and Paul Kruse also scored.

Goals
BUF	0	0	2	2	26
DET	0	1	3	4	38

Scoring

2nd period

Tomas Holmstrom (5)Dmitri Mironov (31), Vyacheslav Kozlov (24)0–103:37 DET ·

3rd period

Donald Audette (20)Brian Holzinger (17), Vaclav Varada (2)1–100:24 BUF
Steve Yzerman (21)Darren McCarty (21)1–203:40 DET ·
Kris Draper (12)Doug Brown (20), Martin Lapointe (16)1–305:11 DET
Steve Yzerman (22)Larry Murphy (39)1–411:03 DET ·
Paul Kruse (7)Rob Ray (3), Alexei Zhitnik (26)2–417:23 BUF

Team stats

BUFDET

2638

47%53%

0/92/8

1628

2331

1010

46

15

Penalties

7:28 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · holding obstruction2 min
10:56 into the first periodJoey Kocur · roughing2 min
17:03 into the first periodBrian Holzinger · hooking obstruction2 min
17:15 into the first periodDmitri Mironov · tripping2 min
20:00 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
20:00 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
1:06 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · roughing2 min
5:45 into the second periodDarren McCarty · interference2 min
8:31 into the second periodAaron Ward · tripping obstruction2 min
10:11 into the second periodDonald Audette · interference goalkeeper2 min
11:41 into the second periodNicklas Lidstrom · hooking obstruction2 min
15:36 into the second periodDarren McCarty · roughing2 min
2:17 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking obstruction2 min
2:55 into the third periodRichard Smehlik · interference2 min
8:26 into the third periodBrendan Shanahan · holding2 min
8:40 into the third periodDarren McCarty · slashing2 min
8:40 into the third periodDarren McCarty · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
8:40 into the third periodDarren McCarty · misconduct10 min

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