Buffalo Sabres vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Playoffs · Monday, May 31, 1999 · Air Canada Centre
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 on Monday, May 31, 1999 at Air Canada Centre. The Sabres outshot the Maple Leafs 24–22.
Goals came from Steve Sullivan, Curtis Brown, Kris King, Vaclav Varada, Erik Rasmussen and Dixon Ward.
Dominik Hasek made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Curtis Joseph stopped 20 of 23.
Scoring
2nd period
Steve Sullivan (3)Bryan Berard (8), Alexander Karpovtsev (3)0–100:33 TOR · 
Curtis Brown (7)Michal Grosek (4), Rhett Warrener (2)1–107:14 BUF
Kris King (1)Mats Sundin (8), Dmitry Yushkevich (5)1–212:54 TOR
Vaclav Varada (5)Brian Holzinger (3), Alexei Zhitnik (9)2–216:44 BUF ·
3rd period
Erik Rasmussen (2)Brian Holzinger (4), Jason Woolley (10)3–211:35 BUF
Dixon Ward (6)Rhett Warrener (3)4–218:58 BUF · ·
Team stats
BUFTOR
2422
42%58%
1/41/7
148
2637
129
1917
33
Penalties
- 4:38 into the first period
Michael Peca · cross checking2 min - 6:06 into the first period
Derek King · interference2 min - 19:22 into the first periodDixon Ward · interference2 min
- 2:29 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 4:43 into the second periodRichard Smehlik · boarding2 min
- 7:42 into the second periodGarry Valk · interference2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodGarry Valk · roughing2 min
- 18:20 into the second periodFreddy Modin · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2:21 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · roughing2 min
- 17:21 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 19:58 into the third periodDixon Ward · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:48 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 22:07 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:42 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:22 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 80Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:49 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:08 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:18 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:21 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 22 | 2 | .909 |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 11Steve SullivanL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 19:09 |
| 12Kris KingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 06:49 |
| 13Mats SundinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 23:32 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:38 |
| 36Dmitry YushkevichD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:10 |
| 52Alexander KarpovtsevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 7Derek KingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 10Garry ValkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 19Freddy ModinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 20Mike JohnsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:09 |
| 28Tie DomiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:43 |
| 32Steve ThomasR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 42Kevyn AdamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:31 |
| 44Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:33 |
| 94Sergei BerezinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 3Sylvain CoteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 15Tomas KaberleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 55Danny MarkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Glenn HealyG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Curtis JosephG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |