Montréal Canadiens vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 18, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–2 on Friday, December 18, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 38–21.
Goals came from Igor Ulanov, Brian Holzinger, Benoit Brunet, Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown and Dixon Ward.
Dominik Hasek made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 17 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Igor Ulanov (2)Craig Rivet (4)1–002:28 MTL
Brian Holzinger (10)Dixon Ward (7)1–106:34 BUF
2nd period
Benoit Brunet (9)Unassisted2–106:23 MTL
Vaclav Varada (3)Dixon Ward (8), Jason Woolley (12)2–219:56 BUF
3rd period
Curtis Brown (8)Michal Grosek (11), Darryl Shannon (6)2–304:29 BUF
Dixon Ward (11)Michael Peca (9), Jay McKee (6)2–415:38 BUF ·
Team stats
MTLBUF
3821
52%48%
0/70/5
1014
1618
812
2230
413
Penalties
- 4:25 into the first period
Dixon Ward · roughing2 min - 12:34 into the first period
Jonas Hoglund · interference2 min - 15:47 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · interference2 min
- 19:18 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · interference2 min
- 7:58 into the second periodTrent McCleary · tripping obstruction2 min
- 11:07 into the second periodMartin Rucinsky · holding the stick2 min
- 17:04 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · holding obstruction2 min
- 17:13 into the second periodShayne Corson · high sticking2 min
- 11:12 into the third periodCurtis Brown · holding obstruction2 min
- 13:33 into the third periodJason Dawe · slashing2 min
- 15:23 into the third periodJames Patrick · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:56 into the third periodJay McKee · elbowing2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:48 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:40 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:41 |
| 6Trent McClearyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:17 |
| 11Saku KoivuC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 18:36 |
| 21Jason DaweR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 23Turner StevensonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:26 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:07 |
| 27Shayne CorsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 22:19 |
| 34Sergei ZholtokC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:40 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 44Jonas HoglundR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 46Matt HigginsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:11 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 22Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 25:23 |
| 29Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:59 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 21 | 4 | .809 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:55 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:08 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:44 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:55 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:21 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:36 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:14 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |