New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, December 28, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Monday, December 28, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 40-18.
Michael Peca scored twice and Brian Rolston scored twice. Krzysztof Oliwa, Brendan Morrison, Petr Sykora, Dave Andreychuk, Vadim Sharifijanov, Miroslav Satan and Curtis Brown also scored.
Martin Brodeur made 36 saves on 40 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 9 of 11.
Scoring
1st period
Krzysztof Oliwa (3)Brendan Morrison (11), Sasha Lakovic (2)1–002:50 NJD
Brendan Morrison (4)Sasha Lakovic (3), Sheldon Souray (3)2–006:51 NJD
Petr Sykora (11)Patrik Elias (14), Brendan Morrison (12)3–008:22 NJD · PPG
Michael Peca (9)Richard Smehlik (8)3–115:35 BUF
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (11)Bobby Holik (14)4–100:22 NJD
Vadim Sharifijanov (3)Dave Andreychuk (10)5–108:28 NJD
Brian Rolston (7)Bobby Holik (15), Lyle Odelein (9)6–119:29 NJD · PPG
3rd period
- Michael Peca (10)Brian Holzinger (6), Matthew Barnaby (12)6–202:29 BUF · PPG
Miroslav Satan (13)Unassisted6–308:03 BUF · SHG
Curtis Brown (10)Jason Woolley (15), Michael Peca (10)6–413:30 BUF · PPG- Brian Rolston (8)Scott Stevens (11), Denis Pederson (6)7–419:45 NJD · EN
Team stats
NJDBUF
18Shots on goal40
49%Faceoff %51%
2/5Power play2/6
27Penalty minutes35
16Hits21
5Blocked shots12
35Giveaways31
8Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 07:57
Erik Rasmussen · roughing2 min - 1st 09:15
Bobby Holik · elbowing2 min - 1st 12:58Matthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:39Bobby Holik · interference2 min
- 2nd 00:59Matthew Barnaby · fighting5 min
- 2nd 00:59Sheldon Souray · fighting5 min
- 2nd 05:09Jason Woolley · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:34Rob Ray · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:34Rob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 08:34Krzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:05Wayne Primeau · fighting5 min
- 2nd 09:05Sheldon Souray · fighting5 min
- 2nd 15:44Ken Daneyko · boarding2 min
- 2nd 18:36Vaclav Varada · boarding2 min
- 3rd 02:06Lyle Odelein · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:20Sheldon Souray · slashing2 min
- 3rd 06:46Darryl Shannon · hooking2 min
- 3rd 13:11Lyle Odelein · roughing2 min
Season series
New Jersey Devils
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10:59 |
| 14Brian RolstonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:20 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 23Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 32Sasha LakovicL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 06:46 |
| 8Vadim SharifijanovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:20 |
| 10Denis PedersonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 |
| 29Krzysztof OliwaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 04:28 |
| 2Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 24:26 |
| 24Lyle OdeleinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:46 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 6Brad BombardirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:29 |
| 28Kevin DeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 40 | 36 | 4 | .900 | 60:00 |
| 31Chris TerreriG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 27Michael PecaC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 21:21 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 25:31 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:42 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 15:54 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:51 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 17:03 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:37 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:43 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 01:28 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 26:17 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | L | 11 | 9 | 2 | .818 | 38:38 |
| 39Dominik HasekG | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 20:22 |