Buffalo Sabres vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Friday, February 26, 1999 · Skyreach Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Friday, February 26, 1999 at Skyreach Centre. The Oilers outshot the Sabres 39–30.
Todd Marchant scored twice and Derek Plante scored twice. Janne Niinimaa, Dean McAmmond, Miroslav Satan, Chris Ferraro and Boris Mironov also scored.
Bob Essensa made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Janne Niinimaa (4)Doug Weight (16), Rem Murray (10)0–104:20 EDM · 
Dean McAmmond (8)Todd Marchant (13), Mike Grier (15)0–215:21 EDM
Todd Marchant (7)Bill Guerin (25), Boris Mironov (27)0–319:21 EDM ·
2nd period
Miroslav Satan (28)Curtis Brown (24), Darryl Shannon (12)1–300:31 BUF- Todd Marchant (8)Dean McAmmond (15), Mike Grier (16)1–401:29 EDM
Derek Plante (3)Alexei Zhitnik (19), Geoff Sanderson (13)2–403:07 BUF
Chris Ferraro (1)Tom Poti (11), Sean Brown (5)2–515:40 EDM
Boris Mironov (7)Doug Weight (17)2–619:57 EDM ·
3rd period
- Derek Plante (4)Geoff Sanderson (14), Brian Holzinger (13)3–617:26 BUF
Team stats
BUFEDM
3039
52%48%
0/33/7
5638
1711
109
25
25
Penalties
- 1:49 into the first period
Ryan Smyth · hooking obstruction2 min - 2:40 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min - 2:40 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 12:18 into the first periodMichael Peca · cross checking2 min
- 17:31 into the first periodCurtis Brown · holding the stick2 min
- 8:14 into the second periodMike Wilson · holding2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodDixon Ward · interference2 min
- 16:45 into the second periodBoris Mironov · holding the stick2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodRob Ray · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 19:27 into the second periodRob Ray · game misconduct10 min
- 19:27 into the second periodPaul Kruse · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the second periodPaul Kruse · game misconduct10 min
- 19:27 into the second periodMike Wilson · interference2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSean Brown · roughing2 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSean Brown · fighting5 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSean Brown · game misconduct10 min
- 19:27 into the second periodSean Brown · game misconduct10 min
- 6:35 into the third periodMarty McSorley · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Derek PlanteC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 18:32 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:18 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:35 |
| 8Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:35 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:48 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:56 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:26 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:42 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:53 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:28 |
| 4Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:48 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:47 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 17 | 3 | .824 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 26Todd MarchantC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:28 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 15:32 |
| 39Doug WeightC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | 18:00 |
| 2Boris MironovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 1 | 23:19 |
| 9Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 17Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:35 |
| 38Chris FerraroC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:56 |
| 5Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 25:40 |
| 10Pat FalloonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 15Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 28Alexander SelivanovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:41 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:18 |
| 22Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:58 |
| 33Marty McSorleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Steve PassmoreG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Bob EssensaG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |