Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 19, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Saturday, December 19, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Hurricanes 40–20.
Goals came from Ron Francis, Keith Primeau, Kevin Dineen, Miroslav Satan and Curtis Brown.
Trevor Kidd made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
2nd period
Ron Francis (6)Glen Wesley (7), Gary Roberts (17)1–002:06 CAR · 
Keith Primeau (16)Ray Sheppard (14), Glen Wesley (8)2–017:39 CAR
3rd period
Kevin Dineen (5)Robert Kron (5), Nolan Pratt (3)3–006:35 CAR
Miroslav Satan (7)Michal Grosek (12), Darryl Shannon (7)3–107:05 BUF
Curtis Brown (9)Richard Smehlik (7), Miroslav Satan (12)3–218:22 BUF
Team stats
CARBUF
2040
51%49%
1/70/6
2234
2433
1910
2328
75
Penalties
- 5:54 into the first period
Ron Francis · holding obstruction2 min - 10:39 into the first period
Jason Woolley · high sticking2 min - 18:05 into the first periodCurtis Brown · hooking2 min
- 19:31 into the first periodGary Roberts · elbowing2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodJay McKee · fighting5 min
- 19:37 into the first periodAdam Burt · roughing2 min
- 19:37 into the first periodAdam Burt · fighting5 min
- 0:49 into the second periodCurtis Brown · interference2 min
- 4:28 into the second periodDerek Plante · hooking obstruction2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodJay McKee · fighting5 min
- 10:55 into the second periodJay McKee · misconduct10 min
- 10:55 into the second periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodGary Roberts · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodGary Roberts · fighting5 min
- 19:46 into the second periodJames Patrick · tripping obstruction2 min
- 8:28 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:21 into the third periodSean Hill · holding2 min
- 13:32 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Carolina Hurricanes
| 2Glen WesleyD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 3 | 29:42 |
| 10Gary RobertsL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 11Kevin DineenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:57 |
| 18Robert KronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:07 |
| 21Ron FrancisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 23:10 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 55Keith PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 26:17 |
| 4Nolan PrattD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 19Nelson EmersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:08 |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:44 |
| 24Sami KapanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| 28Paul RanheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 44Kent MandervilleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:58 |
| 92Jeff O'NeillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:23 |
| 3Steve ChiassonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:27 |
| 6Adam BurtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 22Sean HillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Arturs IrbeG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | W | 40 | 2 | .950 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 20:44 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:04 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:33 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | 22:40 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:43 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:57 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:10 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20:19 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 28:34 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |