Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Playoffs · Sunday, May 23, 1999 · Air Canada Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5–4 on Sunday, May 23, 1999 at Air Canada Centre. The Maple Leafs outshot the Sabres 32–21.
Mats Sundin scored twice. Vaclav Varada, Dixon Ward, Bryan Berard, Stu Barnes, Curtis Brown, Geoff Sanderson and Steve Thomas also scored.
Dwayne Roloson made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Vaclav Varada (4)Dixon Ward (5)1–004:23 BUF
Mats Sundin (5)Lonny Bohonos (5), Danny Markov (4)1–104:32 TOR
Dixon Ward (4)Unassisted2–107:48 BUF
2nd period
- Mats Sundin (6)Bryan Berard (6), Alexander Karpovtsev (1)2–205:47 TOR ·
Bryan Berard (1)Mats Sundin (6), Sergei Berezin (5)2–310:30 TOR · 
Stu Barnes (1)Alexei Zhitnik (6), Jason Woolley (7)3–314:37 BUF ·
3rd period
Curtis Brown (5)Erik Rasmussen (3), Geoff Sanderson (5)4–305:21 BUF
Geoff Sanderson (1)Erik Rasmussen (4), Curtis Brown (4)5–311:02 BUF
Steve Thomas (5)Bryan Berard (7), Alexander Karpovtsev (2)5–413:59 TOR ·
Team stats
BUFTOR
2132
53%47%
1/43/9
2010
5235
87
1128
14
Penalties
- 1:07 into the first period
Jay McKee · high sticking2 min - 9:09 into the first periodRhett Warrener · tripping2 min
- 15:18 into the first period
Dmitry Yushkevich · roughing2 min - 18:09 into the first periodRhett Warrener · tripping2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodDixon Ward · elbowing2 min
- 4:31 into the second periodErik Rasmussen · interference2 min
- 6:31 into the second periodGarry Valk · high sticking2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodJason Woolley · interference2 min
- 8:36 into the second periodMike Johnson · slashing2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 8:59 into the second periodJoe Juneau · high sticking2 min
- 14:24 into the second periodAlexander Karpovtsev · slashing2 min
- 0:33 into the third periodSteve Thomas · hooking2 min
- 6:17 into the third periodDixon Ward · tripping obstruction2 min
- 13:28 into the third periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:20 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 14:08 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:22 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:41 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 28:20 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:02 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:04 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:17 |
| 46Dean SylvesterR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:30 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 27:34 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | W | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 13Mats SundinC | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 4 | 22:57 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21:37 |
| 52Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:21 |
| 16Lonny BohonosR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 21:02 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 22:56 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 18:27 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| 7Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 10Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:19 |
| 11Steve SullivanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:01 |
| 12Kris KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 06:01 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:56 |
| 42Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 16:02 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |