Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 12, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 5–4 in overtime on Tuesday, May 12, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 46–31.
Turner Stevenson scored twice and Michael Peca scored twice. Curtis Brown, Vaclav Varada, Saku Koivu, Geoff Sanderson and Vladimir Malakhov also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 42 saves on 46 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 17 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Turner Stevenson (2)Stephane Quintal (2)0–104:23 MTL
Curtis Brown (1)Jason Woolley (6), Michal Grosek (3)1–104:46 BUF · 
Michael Peca (1)Dixon Ward (4), Alexei Zhitnik (3)2–111:22 BUF- Turner Stevenson (3)Igor Ulanov (4), Jocelyn Thibault (1)2–212:16 MTL
Vaclav Varada (2)Jason Woolley (7)3–219:12 BUF
2nd period
Saku Koivu (2)Mark Recchi (7), Shayne Corson (6)3–304:21 MTL
Geoff Sanderson (3)Brian Holzinger (5), Donald Audette (5)4–304:42 BUF
Vladimir Malakhov (3)Peter Popovic (1), Mark Recchi (8)4–416:30 MTL
2nd overtime
- Michael Peca (2)Dixon Ward (5), Vaclav Varada (3)5–401:24 BUF
Team stats
BUFMTL
3146
39%61%
1/50/6
1614
2535
1310
2829
129
Penalties
- 0:55 into the first period
Michal Grosek · hooking obstruction2 min - 4:32 into the first period
Vincent Damphousse · cross checking2 min - 8:35 into the first periodDave Manson · slashing2 min
- 18:32 into the first periodMichal Grosek · cross checking2 min
- 18:32 into the first periodScott Thornton · tripping2 min
- 8:40 into the second periodVladimir Malakhov · slashing2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodCurtis Brown · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 16:54 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · hooking obstruction2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodVincent Damphousse · high sticking2 min
- 18:58 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 1:54 into the third periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
- 1:54 into the third periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodDonald Audette · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 7:26 into overtimeMatthew Barnaby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 7:26 into overtimeIgor Ulanov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 26:00 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 25:04 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 30:01 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 22:15 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 23:45 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:28 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:03 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 28:02 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:06 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 35:07 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 06:52 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 00:56 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:16 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:53 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30:37 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 38:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 46 | 4 | .913 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29:19 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:18 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 27:16 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 29:13 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 28:55 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 28:35 |
| 38Vladimir MalakhovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 37:15 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:05 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:49 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 27:25 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 23:38 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:18 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 7 | 23:02 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:18 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 5 | 35:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41Jocelyn ThibaultG | 13 | 4 | .692 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 18 | 1 | .944 |