Buffalo Sabres vs Philadelphia Flyers
Playoffs · Friday, April 24, 1998 · CoreStates Center
Game summary
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Friday, April 24, 1998 at CoreStates Center. The Flyers outshot the Sabres 38–27.
Goals came from Eric Lindros, Chris Gratton, Michal Grosek, Dixon Ward and John LeClair.
Sean Burke made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 35 of 38.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (1)Dan Mcgillis (2), Rod Brind'Amour (1)0–105:24 PHI
2nd period
Chris Gratton (2)Unassisted0–204:07 PHI
3rd period
Michal Grosek (2)Matthew Barnaby (2), Derek Plante (2)1–202:33 BUF · 
Dixon Ward (1)Unassisted2–209:22 BUF
John LeClair (1)Eric Lindros (1), Eric Desjardins (1)2–316:28 PHI ·
Team stats
BUFPHI
2738
37%63%
1/61/10
5414
1219
1310
1816
1414
Penalties
- 7:26 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 11:07 into the first period
Rob Ray · slashing2 min - 14:55 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference obstruction2 min
- 16:56 into the first periodJohn Druce · interference obstruction2 min
- 19:36 into the first periodDixon Ward · tripping2 min
- 0:40 into the second periodEric Lindros · roughing2 min
- 6:47 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference obstruction2 min
- 8:11 into the second periodChris Gratton · slashing2 min
- 16:13 into the second periodDan Mcgillis · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:29 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:23 into the second periodDerek Plante · high sticking2 min
- 1:03 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 7:20 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 14:28 into the third periodShjon Podein · roughing2 min
- 15:20 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
- 18:16 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 18:44 into the third periodRob Ray · game misconduct10 min
- 18:44 into the third periodMatthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
- 18:44 into the third periodMichal Grosek · spearing2 min
- 18:44 into the third periodMichal Grosek · spearing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:41 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:34 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:17 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:36 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:42 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:37 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:39 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 04:45 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:25 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:38 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:42 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:38 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 38 | 3 | .921 |
Philadelphia Flyers
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 28:43 |
| 10John LeClairL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 24:02 |
| 17Rod Brind'AmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 55Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 13:35 |
| 3Dan McgillisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:23 |
| 37Eric DesjardinsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 31:49 |
| 9Dainius ZubrusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 12Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:53 |
| 19Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 20Trent KlattR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 26John DruceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 05:51 |
| 29Joel OttoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:41 |
| 32Daniel LacroixC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Chris TherienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:36 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:37 |
| 28Kjell SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 44Dave BabychD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27Ron HextallG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Sean BurkeG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |