New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, December 11, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena

NY RangersRangersAway

0–2

Final

SOG 16–32

BuffaloSabresHome

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 2-0 on Friday, December 11, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 32-16.

Goals came from Michael Peca and Vaclav Varada.

Dominik Hasek made 16 saves on 16 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 30 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NYR	0	0	0	0	16
BUF	0	0	2	2	32

Scoring

3rd period

Michael Peca (6)Vaclav Varada (9), Erik Rasmussen (3)0–117:59 BUF
Vaclav Varada (2)Dixon Ward (5)0–219:44 BUF · PPG · EN

Team stats

NYRBUF

16Shots on goal32

50%Faceoff %50%

0/4Power play1/6

24Penalty minutes32

10Hits23

14Blocked shots16

25Giveaways22

2Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 01:15Mike Knuble · holding2 min
1st 08:44Wayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
1st 14:18Todd Harvey · high sticking2 min
1st 18:05Vaclav Varada · interference2 min
2nd 00:54Matthew Barnaby · tripping2 min
2nd 07:26Jason Woolley · tripping2 min
3rd 09:20Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 10:47Brian Holzinger · cross checking2 min
3rd 19:31Mathieu Schneider · elbowing2 min
3rd 19:44Todd Harvey · elbowing2 min
3rd 19:54Rob Ray · slashing2 min
3rd 19:54Rob Ray · misconduct10 min
3rd 19:54Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
3rd 19:54Matthew Barnaby · misconduct10 min
3rd 19:54Esa Tikkanen · roughing2 min
3rd 19:54Esa Tikkanen · misconduct10 min

Season series

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

6Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:25
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	19:48
10Esa TikkanenL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	50	12:46
15John MacLeanR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:46
17Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:54
20Todd HarveyR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	25	19:06
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	2	–	12:20
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:42
33Marc SavardC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	14:47
37Brent FedykL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	12:36
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	63	22:07
99Wayne GretzkyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	46	17:24
2Brian LeetchD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	30:06
3Stan NeckarD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	11:54
4Chris TamerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	11:03
5Ulf SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	0	–	20:39
25Mathieu SchneiderD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	22:54
34Peter PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	–	18:51

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Mike RichterG	L	31	30	1	.968	59:17
39Dan CloutierG		0	0	0	–	–

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

25Vaclav VaradaR	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	2	–	15:00
9Erik RasmussenC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	1	0	50	11:02
15Dixon WardL	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	17:39
27Michael PecaC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	46	22:20
18Michal GrosekL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	17:13
19Brian HolzingerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36	14:55
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	–	04:16
36Matthew BarnabyR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	14	–	15:12
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	67	18:15
80Geoff SandersonL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:49
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:25
83Domenic PittisC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	60	05:23
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	12:45
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	–	18:06
8Darryl ShannonD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	–	20:24
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	4	0	–	21:31
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	26:19
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	–	21:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	–
39Dominik HasekG	W	16	16	0	1.000	59:56