Ottawa Senators vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Wednesday, December 30, 1998 at Marine Midland Arena. The Senators outshot the Sabres 44–23.
Shawn McEachern scored twice. Michael Peca, Miroslav Satan and Andreas Dackell also scored.
Damian Rhodes made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 41 of 44.
Scoring
1st period
Shawn McEachern (16)Andreas Dackell (6), Alexei Yashin (24)1–010:03 OTT ·
3rd period
Michael Peca (11)Dixon Ward (11), Vaclav Varada (10)1–108:15 BUF
Miroslav Satan (14)Erik Rasmussen (4), Darryl Shannon (9)1–212:21 BUF- Shawn McEachern (17)Andreas Dackell (7)2–219:39 OTT
Overtime
Andreas Dackell (7)Janne Laukkanen (2), Alexei Yashin (25)3–202:24 OTT
Team stats
OTTBUF
4423
54%46%
1/40/3
810
1623
1117
3234
911
Penalties
- 0:08 into the first period
Wade Redden · interference2 min - 9:09 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · tripping2 min - 17:27 into the first periodDarryl Shannon · hooking obstruction2 min
- 19:45 into the first periodRadek Bonk · hooking obstruction2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodMatthew Barnaby · roughing2 min
- 6:23 into the second periodChris Murray · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodIgor Kravchuk · boarding2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodMichal Grosek · elbowing2 min
- 19:09 into the second periodMichal Grosek · tripping obstruction2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 10Andreas DackellR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 15Shawn McEachernL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:09 |
| 19Alexei YashinC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 24:15 |
| 27Janne LaukkanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 9Bill BergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 08:00 |
| 13Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 14Radek BonkC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 17Chris MurrayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:05 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 19:27 |
| 20Magnus ArvedsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 21Andreas JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:44 |
| 22Shaun Van AllenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:29 |
| 25Bruce GardinerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:18 |
| 4Chris PhillipsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 5Sami SaloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:54 |
| 6Wade ReddenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:59 |
| 29Igor KravchukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 21:52 |
| 33Jason YorkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25:48 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Damian RhodesG | W | 23 | 2 | .913 |
| 31Ron TugnuttG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:32 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:22 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:46 |
| 26Derek PlanteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:37 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:20 |
| 36Matthew BarnabyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:48 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 23:58 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 26:32 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 44 | 3 | .932 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |