Buffalo Sabres vs Florida Panthers
Regular season · Monday, February 28, 2000 · National Car Rental Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers 5-2 on Monday, February 28, 2000 at National Car Rental Center. The Panthers outshot the Sabres 32-31.
Stu Barnes scored twice. Alexei Zhitnik, Erik Rasmussen, Pavel Bure, Todd Simpson and Richard Smehlik also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Trevor Kidd stopped 15 of 19.
Scoring
1st period
Stu Barnes (15)Michael Peca (17), Alexei Zhitnik (10)1–018:09 BUF · SHG
2nd period
Alexei Zhitnik (2)Vaclav Varada (18), Curtis Brown (21)2–004:32 BUF
Erik Rasmussen (8)Wayne Primeau (7), Jay McKee (11)3–005:24 BUF- Stu Barnes (16)Miroslav Satan (26)4–012:45 BUF
Pavel Bure (43)Jaroslav Spacek (21), Robert Svehla (31)4–114:57 FLA
3rd period
Todd Simpson (1)Scott Mellanby (21), Ray Sheppard (7)4–206:15 FLA
Richard Smehlik (2)Curtis Brown (22), Brian Holzinger (17)5–208:10 BUF
Team stats
BUFFLA
31Shots on goal32
47%Faceoff %53%
0/4Power play0/8
26Penalty minutes8
18Hits18
19Blocked shots14
10Giveaways16
9Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 03:19
Rob Ray · high sticking2 min - 1st 04:02
Jaroslav Spacek · high sticking2 min - 1st 08:57Rob Ray · interference2 min
- 1st 08:57Rob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 1st 14:51Todd Simpson · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:57Erik Rasmussen · holding2 min
- 2nd 02:23Alexei Zhitnik · holding obstruction2 min
- 2nd 10:53Alexei Zhitnik · tripping obstruction2 min
- 2nd 11:44Dan Boyle · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:38Scott Mellanby · interference2 min
- 2nd 14:50Miroslav Satan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:29Richard Smehlik · holding2 min
- 3rd 11:18Alexei Zhitnik · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 14:07 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:39 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 22:21 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:30 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:19 |
| 22Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:38 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:02 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:11 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:35 |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:40 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:12 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 32 | 30 | 2 | .938 | 59:52 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Florida Panthers
| 10Pavel BureR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7 | 25:14 |
| 26Ray SheppardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:24 |
| 27Scott MellanbyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:35 |
| 22Todd SimpsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 24Robert SvehlaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 24:52 |
| 28Jaroslav SpacekD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 22:40 |
| 8Peter WorrellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 11:04 |
| 12Ryan JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 13Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 11:37 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:46 |
| 18Cameron StewartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:54 |
| 21Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:11 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 2Lance PitlickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 3Paul LausD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:25 |
| 6Dan BoyleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:09 |
| 7Mike WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mike VernonG | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 27:15 | |
| 37Trevor KiddG | L | 19 | 15 | 4 | .789 | 32:15 |