Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Wednesday, April 22, 1998 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3–2 on Wednesday, April 22, 1998 at CoreStates Center. The Sabres outshot the Flyers 25–24.
Goals came from Michal Grosek, Wayne Primeau, Rod Brind'Amour, Chris Gratton and Donald Audette.
Dominik Hasek made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Sean Burke stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Michal Grosek (1)Matthew Barnaby (1), Alexei Zhitnik (1)1–016:50 BUF
2nd period
Wayne Primeau (1)Derek Plante (1), Darryl Shannon (1)2–018:18 BUF
3rd period
Rod Brind'Amour (1)John LeClair (1), Chris Therien (1)2–108:29 PHI
Chris Gratton (1)Alexandre Daigle (1), Dan Mcgillis (1)2–208:48 PHI
Donald Audette (1)Bob Boughner (1), Dixon Ward (1)3–211:43 BUF
Team stats
BUFPHI
2524
46%54%
0/30/6
148
1622
166
1324
217
Penalties
- 0:42 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min - 0:42 into the first periodWayne Primeau · roughing2 min
- 0:42 into the first period
Eric Lindros · roughing2 min - 2:46 into the first periodPetr Svoboda · high sticking2 min
- 9:07 into the first periodBrian Holzinger · slashing2 min
- 12:56 into the first periodDave Babych · interference obstruction2 min
- 6:05 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference obstruction2 min
- 10:20 into the second periodBob Boughner · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:06 into the second periodDarryl Shannon · interference obstruction2 min
- 9:24 into the third periodShjon Podein · interference obstruction2 min
- 14:34 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:50 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 09:26 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 09:31 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 25:45 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 25:31 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:04 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:47 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:36 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:44 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 10John LeClairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 24:50 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 25:51 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 14:00 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:26 |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 23:33 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 11Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:47 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:33 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:35 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:36 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:15 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 25:33 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:43 |
| 23Petr SvobodaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 31:14 |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:34 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Sean BurkeG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |