Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Playoffs · Thursday, May 14, 1998 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Thursday, May 14, 1998 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 38–18.
Goals came from Matthew Barnaby, Donald Audette, Miroslav Satan and Martin Rucinsky.
Dominik Hasek made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Andy Moog stopped 8 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Matthew Barnaby (5)Derek Plante (3), Darryl Shannon (4)1–004:53 BUF ·
2nd period
Donald Audette (4)Bob Boughner (3), Jason Woolley (8)2–008:41 BUF
Miroslav Satan (4)Donald Audette (6), Brian Holzinger (6)3–010:31 BUF · 
Martin Rucinsky (3)Marc Bureau (2), Turner Stevenson (4)3–113:31 MTL
Team stats
BUFMTL
1838
40%60%
2/70/4
814
1824
77
2522
109
Penalties
- 3:18 into the first period
Turner Stevenson · slashing2 min - 6:12 into the first periodDave Manson · roughing2 min
- 13:05 into the first period
Miroslav Satan · elbowing2 min - 15:51 into the first periodTurner Stevenson · tripping obstruction2 min
- 16:24 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 18:26 into the first periodStephane Quintal · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:40 into the first periodIgor Ulanov · charging2 min
- 3:44 into the second periodCurtis Brown · interference2 min
- 9:04 into the second periodDave Manson · high sticking2 min
- 19:46 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
- 7:28 into the third periodVincent Damphousse · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 28Donald AudetteR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 15:10 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:51 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:37 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:42 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:32 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:32 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Steve ShieldsG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 38 | 1 | .974 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:33 |
| 28Marc BureauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:18 |
| 21Mick VukotaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:10 |
| 24Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 12:16 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:45 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:20 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:20 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:25 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 22Dave MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:57 |
| 34Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:16 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Andy MoogG | L | 11 | 3 | .727 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |