Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 2, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 2–1 on Wednesday, December 2, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena.
Goals came from Wayne Primeau, Ray Whitney and Dixon Ward.
Dominik Hasek made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Kirk McLean stopped 26 of 28.
Scoring
2nd period
Wayne Primeau (2)Alexei Zhitnik (5), Darryl Shannon (3)0–102:31 BUF
Ray Whitney (7)Kirk Muller (3), Gord Murphy (6)1–105:34 FLA
Dixon Ward (10)Michael Peca (8)1–212:01 BUF
Team stats
FLABUF
2828
44%56%
0/40/4
88
1130
410
2028
69
Penalties
- 6:52 into the first period
Johan Garpenlov · slashing2 min - 8:15 into the first period
Darryl Shannon · interference2 min - 12:17 into the first periodJaroslav Spacek · elbowing2 min
- 14:54 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 0:26 into the second periodEd Jovanovski · roughing2 min
- 3:04 into the second periodMiroslav Satan · roughing2 min
- 6:28 into the second periodMichal Grosek · tripping2 min
- 4:23 into the third periodDave Gagner · hooking obstruction2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 9Kirk MullerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:36 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:18 |
| 5Gord MurphyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:00 |
| 11Bill LindsayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 15Dave GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 16Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:55 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:27 |
| 28Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:48 |
| 29Johan GarpenlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:39 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:46 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 7Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 8Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 23:58 |
| 55Ed JovanovskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | L | 28 | 2 | .929 |
| 31Sean BurkeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:51 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:43 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:43 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:22 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:47 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:58 |
| 17Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:34 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:04 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:07 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 28 | 1 | .964 |