Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 1998 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 4–1 on Saturday, December 12, 1998 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 37–20.
Miroslav Satan scored twice. Brian Holzinger, Michael Peca and P.J. Axelsson also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 16 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Holzinger (9)Unassisted1–004:09 BUF
Michael Peca (7)Dixon Ward (6)2–019:09 BUF
Miroslav Satan (5)Michal Grosek (9), Curtis Brown (10)3–019:55 BUF
2nd period
- Miroslav Satan (6)Michal Grosek (10), Curtis Brown (11)4–013:07 BUF ·
3rd period
P.J. Axelsson (3)Rob DiMaio (7), Chris Taylor (3)4–107:50 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2037
42%58%
1/40/6
1410
2841
148
25
33
Penalties
- 0:54 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · hooking obstruction2 min - 11:23 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 13:53 into the first period
P.J. Axelsson · hooking obstruction2 min - 2:00 into the second periodByron Dafoe · delaying game2 min
- 7:06 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodKen Belanger · boarding2 min
- 17:53 into the second periodVaclav Varada · hooking obstruction2 min
- 5:43 into the third periodDarryl Shannon · hooking2 min
- 9:09 into the third periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
- 11:56 into the third periodRob DiMaio · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodKen Baumgartner · roughing2 min
- 18:43 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:50 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 23:26 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 17Randy CunneyworthL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:51 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:49 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:43 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:07 |
| 83Domenic PittisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:46 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:35 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:09 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:55 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:28 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 23:20 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 37 | 1 | .973 |
Boston Bruins
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 38Chris TaylorC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 12:22 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:07 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:29 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:16 |
| 22Ken BaumgartnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 17:23 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22:46 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 18:47 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 28:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |