Buffalo Sabres vs Calgary Flames
Regular season · Saturday, March 18, 2000 · Canadian Airlines Saddledome
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Calgary Flames 5–1 on Saturday, March 18, 2000 at Canadian Airlines Saddledome. The Flames outshot the Sabres 31–21.
Vaclav Varada scored twice. Dixon Ward, Curtis Brown, Jeff Shantz and Maxim Afinogenov also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 16 of 21.
Scoring
2nd period
Vaclav Varada (5)Vladimir Tsyplakov (14), Chris Gratton (31)1–001:01 BUF
Dixon Ward (9)Chris Gratton (32), Jason Woolley (24)2–012:21 BUF · 
Curtis Brown (19)Miroslav Satan (30), Doug Gilmour (39)3–013:48 BUF
3rd period
Jeff Shantz (11)Jarome Iginla (32), Sergei Krivokrasov (18)3–104:30 CGY
Maxim Afinogenov (15)Vladimir Tsyplakov (15), Jason Holland (1)4–112:54 BUF · - Vaclav Varada (6)Unassisted5–119:54 BUF
Team stats
BUFCGY
2131
47%53%
2/50/3
610
2432
1611
29
54
Penalties
- 9:04 into the first period
Phil Housley · holding2 min - 14:39 into the first period
Vaclav Varada · hooking2 min - 5:12 into the second periodValeri Bure · holding stick obstruction2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodJason Woolley · slashing2 min
- 10:59 into the second periodMarc Savard · slashing2 min
- 18:42 into the second periodChris Gratton · hooking obstruction2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodJason Wiemer · high sticking2 min
- 9:28 into the third periodJason Wiemer · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:42 |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 12:33 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:15 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:23 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 20Jason HollandD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:57 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:55 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:56 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:56 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:53 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 31 | 1 | .968 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Calgary Flames
| 11Jeff ShantzC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:11 |
| 25Sergei KrivokrasovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:57 |
| 7Marc BureauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:44 |
| 8Valeri BureR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 24:09 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:34 |
| 23Clarke WilmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:38 |
| 24Jason WiemerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 26Steve BeginL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:47 |
| 27Marc SavardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 38Jeff CowanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:23 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 2Darryl ShannonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:37 |
| 4Bobby DollasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 6Phil HousleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:50 |
| 28Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:33 |
| 33Brad WerenkaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:16 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 23:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 21 | 5 | .762 |
| 40Fred BrathwaiteG | 0 | 0 | – |