Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, October 31, 1998 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6–3 on Saturday, October 31, 1998 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 33–25.
Geoff Sanderson scored a hat trick. Miroslav Satan, Steve Sullivan, Mike Johnson, Igor Korolev, Michael Peca and Alexei Zhitnik also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Felix Potvin stopped 19 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Miroslav Satan (1)Alexei Zhitnik (2), Brian Holzinger (1)1–005:16 BUF · 
Geoff Sanderson (3)Miroslav Satan (7), Darryl Shannon (1)2–017:11 BUF
2nd period
- Geoff Sanderson (4)Rob Ray (2), Jason Woolley (4)3–001:40 BUF
Steve Sullivan (1)Tie Domi (2), Kris King (1)3–108:22 TOR
Mike Johnson (4)Derek King (4), Sylvain Cote (2)3–209:19 TOR
Igor Korolev (2)Mats Sundin (8)3–312:20 TOR
Michael Peca (3)Alexei Zhitnik (3), Dixon Ward (2)4–317:28 BUF
3rd period
- Geoff Sanderson (5)Matthew Barnaby (3), Richard Smehlik (5)5–302:23 BUF
Alexei Zhitnik (2)Matthew Barnaby (4), Richard Smehlik (6)6–319:23 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFTOR
2533
43%57%
1/30/5
2531
2122
61
1014
62
Penalties
- 1:25 into the first period
Michal Grosek · roughing2 min - 3:15 into the first period
Mike Johnson · interference2 min - 4:21 into the first periodJason Smith · roughing2 min
- 5:53 into the first periodPaul Kruse · interference2 min
- 8:29 into the first periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 8:29 into the first periodKris King · fighting5 min
- 9:15 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min
- 12:42 into the first periodMichal Grosek · fighting5 min
- 12:42 into the first periodDallas Eakins · fighting5 min
- 1:26 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 1:26 into the second periodKris King · fighting5 min
- 4:42 into the second periodMichael Peca · tripping2 min
- 7:53 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 19:23 into the third periodTie Domi · roughing2 min
- 19:23 into the third periodTie Domi · misconduct10 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24:57 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:22 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 19:08 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:33 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:22 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 18:28 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 21:08 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 06:07 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:24 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:31 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 40Ruman NdurD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 33 | 3 | .909 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 7Derek KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:20 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 22:11 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:09 |
| 22Igor KorolevC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:28 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:17 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 10Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 14Darby HendricksonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:33 |
| 18Alyn McCauleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:45 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 21:11 |
| 2Dallas EakinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 25Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:31 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:05 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Felix PotvinG | L | 24 | 5 | .792 |
| 31Curtis JosephG | 0 | 0 | – |