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Sunday, February 23, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

Bruins 1 at Sabres 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

R 87OVR Matthew Barnaby Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG C 88OVR Derek Plante Sabres Second Star 2A · 3 SOG C 85OVR Brian Holzinger Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:18 Michal Grosek (13) Matthew Barnaby (21), Garry Galley (28) BOS 0 – 1 BUF
  2. 10:31 Sandy Moger (7) Ted Donato (19), Jozef Stumpel (37) BOS 1 – 1 BUF
  3. 17:02 Dixon Ward (9) SHG Donald Audette (15), Brian Holzinger (21) BOS 1 – 2 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 5:28 Brian Holzinger (18) Dixon Ward (26), Donald Audette (16) BOS 1 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 3:16 Matthew Barnaby (16) Derek Plante (18), Alexei Zhitnik (23) BOS 1 – 4 BUF
  2. 10:13 Michal Grosek (14) Matthew Barnaby (22), Derek Plante (19) BOS 1 – 5 BUF

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jozef Stumpel L 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.55
Ted Donato L 0 1 3 0 0 -2 0:00 0.40
Ray Bourque D 0 0 5 0 0 -1 0:00 0.23
Jean-Yves Roy R 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.22
Adam Oates C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin Sawyer L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Landon Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Tim Sweeney R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Sandy Moger R 1 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 0.00
Don Sweeney D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Sheldon Kennedy R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Dean Malkoc D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Barry Richter D 0 0 2 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.15
Rob DiMaio R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.30
Dean Chynoweth D 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Troy Mallette L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.38
Steve Staios D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.45
Jeff Odgers R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -1.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill Ranford L 15 10 5 .667 50:13 -2.75
Robbie Tallas — 8 8 0 1.000 9:47 0.80

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Matthew Barnaby R 1 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.00
Derek Plante C 0 2 3 0 0 +3 0:00 1.92
Brian Holzinger C 1 1 3 0 0 +2 0:00 1.90
Michal Grosek L 2 0 3 0 0 +3 0:00 1.87
Dixon Ward L 1 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.75
Donald Audette R 0 2 4 0 0 +2 0:00 1.70
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 1 0 0 +3 0:00 0.85
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.52
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.15
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.15
Brad May L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Michael Peca C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Ed Ronan R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Jason Dawe R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.15
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.38
Garry Galley D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.58
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 22 21 1 .955 60:00 1.35