Florida Panthers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, December 17, 1999 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Friday, December 17, 1999 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Panthers 31–23.
Pavel Bure scored a hat trick. Stu Barnes, Ray Whitney and Miroslav Satan also scored.
Mikhail Shtalenkov made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Pavel Bure (16)Ray Whitney (15), Robert Svehla (13)1–007:42 FLA · 
Stu Barnes (7)Brian Holzinger (8), Maxim Afinogenov (5)1–117:55 BUF
2nd period
Ray Whitney (12)Pavel Bure (9), Todd Simpson (1)2–107:49 FLA
3rd period
- Pavel Bure (17)Unassisted3–105:45 FLA
Miroslav Satan (14)Geoff Sanderson (6)3–213:11 BUF- Pavel Bure (18)Scott Mellanby (12)4–219:38 FLA ·
Team stats
FLABUF
2331
47%53%
1/30/3
66
1921
910
1622
48
Penalties
- 4:14 into the first period
Peter Worrell · slashing2 min - 6:42 into the first period
Richard Smehlik · holding2 min - 10:58 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
- 11:50 into the first periodCurtis Brown · high sticking2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodScott Mellanby · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:04 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · slashing2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 10Pavel BureR | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 8 | 24:23 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:55 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 22Todd SimpsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 23:53 |
| 8Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 13Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 18Cameron StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:14 |
| 19Radek DvorakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:39 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:29 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 29Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:58 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:16 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:29 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 4Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:37 |
| 7Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:05 |
| 28Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 22:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mikhail ShtalenkovG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |
| 32Richard ShulmistraG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:10 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:14 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 18:06 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:39 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:49 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:39 |
| 6Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:59 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:44 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 26:49 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:23 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |