Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, April 8, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3–1 on Wednesday, April 8, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 27–16.
Goals came from Jason Woolley, Geoff Sanderson, Ray Sheppard and Vaclav Varada.
Dominik Hasek made 15 saves on 16 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Woolley (9)Michael Peca (21), Curtis Brown (12)0–116:32 BUF ·
2nd period
Geoff Sanderson (11)Alexei Zhitnik (29), Matthew Barnaby (20)0–217:55 BUF
3rd period
Ray Sheppard (17)Steven Halko (2), Martin Gelinas (16)1–218:35 CAR
Vaclav Varada (4)Dixon Ward (10)1–319:02 BUF ·
Team stats
CARBUF
1627
45%55%
0/51/5
1010
626
812
1925
423
Penalties
- 4:52 into the first period
Jason Woolley · interference2 min
- 10:52 into the first period
Steven Halko · holding2 min
- 13:33 into the first period
Wayne Primeau · holding2 min
- 15:40 into the first period
Kent Manderville · interference2 min
- 3:01 into the second period
Stu Grimson · tripping2 min
- 6:24 into the second period
Paul Kruse · hooking obstruction2 min
- 8:56 into the second period
Paul Ranheim · interference2 min
- 14:12 into the second period
Vaclav Varada · tripping obstruction2 min
- 0:25 into the third period
Steven Halko · interference2 min
- 1:03 into the third period
Brian Holzinger · holding the stick2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:50 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:47 |
| 14Steven HalkoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 18:21 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:47 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:23 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:31 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 32Stu GrimsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:09 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:15 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 |
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:47 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:58 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:28 |
| 46Michael RucinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike FountainG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 26 | 2 | .923 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:14 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:53 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:09 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 28:12 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:44 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:43 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:44 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 16 | 1 | .938 |