Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins
Playoffs · Sunday, May 16, 1999 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sunday, May 16, 1999 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 34–23.
Goals came from Curtis Brown, Don Sweeney, Sergei Samsonov, Mattias Timander, Dmitri Khristich, Wayne Primeau, Joe Juneau and Jason Allison.
Byron Dafoe made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 22 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Curtis Brown (3)Joe Juneau (6), Alexei Zhitnik (4)1–000:37 BUF · 
Don Sweeney (3)Sergei Samsonov (1), Tim Taylor (2)1–109:01 BOS
2nd period
Sergei Samsonov (3)Tim Taylor (3)1–201:15 BOS
Mattias Timander (1)Unassisted1–310:19 BOS
Dmitri Khristich (3)Jason Allison (8), Kyle McLaren (2)1–413:34 BOS
3rd period
Wayne Primeau (1)Erik Rasmussen (1)2–404:58 BUF
Joe Juneau (2)Stu Barnes (1)3–413:25 BUF
Jason Allison (2)P.J. Axelsson (1), Ray Bourque (8)3–519:17 BOS
Team stats
BUFBOS
2334
40%60%
1/30/5
1410
6058
99
78
35
Penalties
- 0:20 into the first period
Joe Thornton · high sticking2 min - 1:09 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · interference goalkeeper2 min - 6:57 into the first periodGeoff Sanderson · high sticking2 min
- 10:39 into the first periodStu Barnes · holding obstruction2 min
- 16:00 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · high sticking2 min
- 11:34 into the second periodKen Belanger · interference2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 19:00 into the second periodMichael Peca · roughing2 min
- 7:50 into the third periodRay Bourque · hooking2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodRob DiMaio · roughing2 min
- 19:07 into the third periodDixon Ward · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 90Joe JuneauC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 15:51 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 5 | 26:13 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 08:48 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:01 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:10 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:41 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:25 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 8 | 1 | .875 | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | L | 26 | 4 | .846 |
Boston Bruins
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 23:18 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 2 | 26:48 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:25 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:21 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 27:46 |
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:39 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 04:51 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 04:58 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 4 | 15:49 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 44Dave EllettD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 23 | 3 | .870 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |