Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 12, 1999 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Wednesday, May 12, 1999 at Marine Midland Arena. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 25–21.
Goals came from Jason Woolley, Steve Heinze, Anson Carter, Rhett Warrener and Dixon Ward.
Dominik Hasek made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 22 of 25.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Woolley (2)Michal Grosek (3)0–101:37 BUF · 
Steve Heinze (3)Anson Carter (3), Joe Thornton (5)1–108:47 BOS · 
Anson Carter (4)Joe Thornton (6)2–112:48 BOS
3rd period
Rhett Warrener (1)Dixon Ward (3), Geoff Sanderson (2)2–206:44 BUF
Dixon Ward (3)Vaclav Varada (4), Michael Peca (6)2–309:38 BUF
Team stats
BOSBUF
2125
51%49%
1/41/5
108
1124
812
1727
44
Penalties
- 0:10 into the first period
Ray Bourque · tripping2 min - 7:00 into the first period
Dominik Hasek · holding stick obstruction2 min - 18:26 into the first periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 9:33 into the second periodDave Ellett · slashing2 min
- 14:34 into the second periodGeoff Sanderson · tripping2 min
- 18:16 into the second periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 19:35 into the second periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 4:12 into the third periodEric Nickulas · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:46 into the third periodKen Belanger · slashing2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:12 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:21 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:40 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 04:43 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:45 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:15 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:36 |
| 72Eric NickulasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:30 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:31 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:59 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:40 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 27:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 25 | 3 | .880 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:32 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:16 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19:52 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:06 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:34 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:34 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:21 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:26 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:23 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:21 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 21 | 2 | .905 |