Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Sunday, May 10, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 6–3 on Sunday, May 10, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 26–25.
Matthew Barnaby scored a hat trick. Igor Ulanov, Michal Grosek, Donald Audette, Vladimir Malakhov, Mark Recchi and Dixon Ward also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Igor Ulanov (1)Unassisted1–007:18 MTL
Michal Grosek (5)Matthew Barnaby (5)1–108:38 BUF
2nd period
Donald Audette (3)Miroslav Satan (4), Jason Woolley (5)1–202:24 BUF · 
Vladimir Malakhov (2)Mark Recchi (6)2–204:19 MTL · 
Mark Recchi (4)Shayne Corson (5), Saku Koivu (3)3–214:44 MTL
Dixon Ward (3)Vaclav Varada (2), Bob Boughner (2)3–315:12 BUF
Matthew Barnaby (2)Curtis Brown (1), Michal Grosek (1)3–418:27 BUF
3rd period
- Matthew Barnaby (3)Michal Grosek (2), Mike Wilson (1)3–500:13 BUF
- Matthew Barnaby (4)Curtis Brown (2)3–619:11 BUF ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
2625
51%49%
1/61/6
1414
3224
714
2727
825
Penalties
- 12:10 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min - 18:23 into the first period
Igor Ulanov · interference2 min - 1:49 into the second periodMark Recchi · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 4:15 into the second periodVaclav Varada · holding obstruction2 min
- 4:52 into the second periodScott Thornton · charging2 min
- 7:04 into the second periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 11:05 into the second periodMichael Peca · tripping2 min
- 5:09 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:42 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · high sticking2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodMiroslav Satan · slashing2 min
- 12:27 into the third periodShayne Corson · slashing2 min
- 14:26 into the third periodTurner Stevenson · roughing2 min
- 14:50 into the third periodBob Boughner · hooking obstruction2 min
- 15:15 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:13 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:10 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:05 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 23:01 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:39 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 3 | 22:37 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 18:51 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:19 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 03:47 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 16:08 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:21 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:54 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 22:44 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 17:34 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 1 | 16:40 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:06 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 08:32 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:10 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:10 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:48 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:44 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:09 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:13 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:48 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 26 | 3 | .885 |