Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 18, 1999 · Marine Midland Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Boston Bruins 3–2 on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at Marine Midland Arena. The Bruins outshot the Sabres 25–21.
Goals came from Michael Peca, Steve Heinze, Wayne Primeau, Curtis Brown and Joe Thornton.
Dominik Hasek made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Byron Dafoe stopped 18 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Michael Peca (4)Joe Juneau (7), Alexei Zhitnik (5)0–105:15 BUF · 
Steve Heinze (4)Jason Allison (9), Ray Bourque (9)1–112:49 BOS · 
Wayne Primeau (2)Geoff Sanderson (3)1–217:29 BUF
2nd period
Curtis Brown (4)Erik Rasmussen (2), Geoff Sanderson (4)1–301:08 BUF
3rd period
Joe Thornton (3)Mattias Timander (1), Kyle McLaren (3)2–318:57 BOS
Team stats
BOSBUF
2521
53%47%
1/51/3
610
2229
413
2424
24
Penalties
- 4:49 into the first period
Shawn Bates · holding the stick2 min - 9:27 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · holding the stick2 min - 12:17 into the first periodDean Sylvester · interference2 min
- 14:59 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · roughing2 min
- 2:02 into the second periodKen Belanger · roughing2 min
- 6:49 into the second periodRob DiMaio · cross checking2 min
- 5:31 into the third periodRichard Smehlik · interference2 min
- 9:33 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 6Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:31 |
| 23Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:32 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:08 |
| 37Mattias TimanderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28:23 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 10:36 |
| 12Dmitri KhristichR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:46 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 16Ken BelangerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:22 |
| 17Shawn BatesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:49 |
| 19Rob DiMaioR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:43 |
| 27Landon WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:58 |
| 33Anson CarterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| 20Darren Van ImpeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:10 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:27 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | L | 21 | 3 | .857 |
| 35Robbie TallasG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 11:57 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:53 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 22:47 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 26:15 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 24Paul KruseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:49 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 46Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:41 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:42 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:38 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 24:25 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 25 | 2 | .920 |