Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Friday, May 8, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime on Friday, May 8, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 48–25.
Geoff Sanderson scored twice. Brian Holzinger, Turner Stevenson and Vincent Damphousse also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 46 saves on 48 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Holzinger (3)Donald Audette (3)0–102:52 BUF
Geoff Sanderson (1)Jason Woolley (4), Miroslav Satan (3)0–209:02 BUF ·
3rd period
Turner Stevenson (1)Marc Bureau (1), Scott Thornton (2)1–214:16 MTL
Vincent Damphousse (3)Vladimir Malakhov (4), Igor Ulanov (3)2–214:26 MTL
Overtime
- Geoff Sanderson (2)Brian Holzinger (4), Donald Audette (4)2–302:37 BUF
Team stats
MTLBUF
4825
48%52%
0/71/7
1616
2627
1613
2138
211
Penalties
- 8:09 into the first period
Igor Ulanov · interference2 min - 9:02 into the first periodShayne Corson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 12:06 into the first period
Richard Smehlik · boarding2 min - 17:48 into the first periodSaku Koivu · holding2 min
- 2:16 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · cross checking2 min
- 4:57 into the second periodMarc Bureau · slashing2 min
- 11:16 into the second periodCraig Rivet · cross checking2 min
- 14:26 into the second periodMike Wilson · high sticking2 min
- 17:31 into the second periodMichael Peca · tripping2 min
- 19:22 into the second periodVaclav Varada · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 9:24 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · hooking2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 15:55 into the third periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 16:31 into the third periodMichael Peca · cross checking2 min
- 16:49 into the third periodVladimir Malakhov · tripping2 min
- 18:45 into the third periodDarryl Shannon · hooking2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Turner StevensonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11:09 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 24:43 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:01 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:21 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:03 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | 19:20 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 24:52 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:09 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:14 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 13:24 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:50 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:57 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:49 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:38 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:59 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:08 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:08 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27:21 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 48 | 2 | .958 |