Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, October 24, 1998 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The New York Islanders beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Saturday, October 24, 1998 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 36-28.
Claude Lapointe scored twice. Gino Odjick, Jason Dawe, Bryan Smolinski, Curtis Brown, Wayne Primeau, Dixon Ward and Brian Holzinger also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Gino Odjick (2)Robert Reichel (5), Kenny Jonsson (3)0–102:54 NYI · PPG
Claude Lapointe (2)Trevor Linden (1), Bryan Smolinski (5)0–214:41 NYI
2nd period
Jason Dawe (1)Scott Lachance (1)0–306:09 NYI
Bryan Smolinski (1)Unassisted0–414:29 NYI
Curtis Brown (1)Michael Peca (2), Jason Woolley (3)1–418:26 BUF · PPG
Wayne Primeau (1)Richard Smehlik (2), Rob Ray (1)2–419:44 BUF
3rd period
Dixon Ward (2)Michael Peca (3), Vaclav Varada (3)3–405:57 BUF
Brian Holzinger (2)Geoff Sanderson (1), Miroslav Satan (4)4–406:32 BUF- Claude Lapointe (3)Unassisted4–519:19 NYI
Team stats
BUFNYI
36Shots on goal28
39%Faceoff %61%
1/6Power play1/4
12Penalty minutes16
27Hits27
8Blocked shots12
3Giveaways8
9Takeaways23
Penalties
- 1st 01:33
Darryl Shannon · holding the stick2 min - 1st 09:23Rob Ray · roughing2 min
- 1st 09:23Rob Ray · roughing2 min
- 1st 09:23
Ken Belanger · roughing2 min - 1st 11:06Trevor Linden · interference2 min
- 1st 15:35Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 1st 19:56Michal Grosek · elbowing2 min
- 2nd 10:42Alexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 2nd 10:42Claude Lapointe · boarding2 min
- 2nd 10:42Claude Lapointe · roughing2 min
- 2nd 17:40Rich Pilon · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 02:55Trevor Linden · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3rd 10:54Michael Peca · tripping2 min
- 3rd 16:15Scott Lachance · delaying game2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.