Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, April 3, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena

4–5

26–25

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 5–4 on Friday, April 3, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 26–25.

Grant Ledyard scored twice and Vaclav Varada scored twice. Curtis Brown, Brian Holzinger, Matthew Barnaby, Jason Allison and Sergei Samsonov also scored.

Goals
BOS	1	2	1	4	26
BUF	1	4	0	5	25

Scoring

1st period

Curtis Brown (9)Michael Peca (20), Vaclav Varada (4)0–106:34 BUF
Grant Ledyard (3)Anson Carter (25), Steve Heinze (17)1–118:45 BOS

2nd period

Grant Ledyard (4)Ray Bourque (31), Steve Heinze (18)2–100:52 BOS ·
Brian Holzinger (12)Miroslav Satan (22)2–207:00 BUF
Matthew Barnaby (4)Geoff Sanderson (18), Alexei Zhitnik (27)2–307:47 BUF
Vaclav Varada (2)Darryl Shannon (18)2–408:08 BUF
Jason Allison (31)Sergei Samsonov (25)3–408:39 BOS
Vaclav Varada (3)Alexei Zhitnik (28), Curtis Brown (11)3–513:18 BUF

3rd period

Sergei Samsonov (18)Grant Ledyard (16), Landon Wilson (4)4–507:10 BOS ·

Team stats

BOSBUF

2625

56%44%

2/40/5

5129

214

1730

158

Penalties

0:32 into the first periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
0:32 into the first periodBob Boughner · fighting5 min
11:04 into the first periodDean Malkoc · fighting5 min
11:04 into the first periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
12:08 into the first periodTed Donato · tripping obstruction2 min
16:32 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
19:22 into the first periodDonald Audette · interference2 min
2:39 into the second periodMike Sullivan · interference2 min
10:01 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · hooking2 min
12:37 into the second periodKen Baumgartner · fighting5 min
12:37 into the second periodPaul Kruse · fighting5 min
13:18 into the second periodP.J. Axelsson · misconduct10 min
18:42 into the second periodDave Ellett · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
18:42 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
19:09 into the second periodRob DiMaio · elbowing2 min
19:09 into the second periodDonald Audette · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodJason Allison · slashing2 min
20:00 into the second periodJason Allison · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
20:00 into the second periodJason Allison · misconduct10 min
6:10 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
11:58 into the third periodDmitri Khristich · slashing2 min
11:58 into the third periodRichard Smehlik · roughing2 min
16:18 into the third periodP.J. Axelsson · hooking2 min

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Scoring

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