Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, December 5, 1998 · Nashville Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 3–1 on Saturday, December 5, 1998 at Nashville Arena. The Predators outshot the Sabres 37–28.
Goals came from Michal Grosek, Cliff Ronning, Brian Holzinger and Erik Rasmussen.
Dominik Hasek made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Eric Fichaud stopped 25 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Michal Grosek (9)Darryl Shannon (5), Curtis Brown (9)1–000:52 BUF
3rd period
Cliff Ronning (6)Ville Peltonen (5), Patric Kjellberg (5)1–104:26 NSH · 
Brian Holzinger (8)Alexei Zhitnik (6), Erik Rasmussen (2)2–114:47 BUF
Erik Rasmussen (1)Unassisted3–118:54 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFNSH
2837
45%55%
0/31/7
168
3223
74
2134
311
Penalties
- 3:25 into the first period
Wayne Primeau · roughing2 min - 3:25 into the first period
Denny Lambert · roughing2 min - 8:03 into the first periodMiroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 12:06 into the first periodJ.J. Daigneault · interference2 min
- 16:13 into the first periodDenny Lambert · roughing2 min
- 17:12 into the first periodJason Woolley · slashing2 min
- 5:14 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · holding obstruction2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodDarren Turcotte · closing hand on puck2 min
- 10:50 into the second periodJay McKee · holding2 min
- 17:49 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 3:18 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · charging2 min
- 12:31 into the third periodErik Rasmussen · holding obstruction2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:27 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 16:30 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:45 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 20:22 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 24:45 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 20:39 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:12 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:55 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |
Nashville Predators
| 7Cliff RonningC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 6 | 19:56 |
| 10Patric KjellbergL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 16Ville PeltonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 9Darren TurcotteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15:55 |
| 17Patrick CoteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:53 |
| 19Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 28Denny LambertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:05 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:21 |
| 71Sebastien BordeleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:17 |
| 4Jayson MoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 21:17 |
| 20Jamie HewardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:18 |
| 36J.J. DaigneaultD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:38 |
| 42Joel BouchardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Eric FichaudG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |