Wednesday, March 5, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Penguins 2 at Sabres 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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5:42
Donald Audette (24) PPG Garry Galley (29), Derek Plante (20) PIT 0 – 1 BUF
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10:14
Glen Murray (10) PPG Ron Francis (48), Petr Nedved (30) PIT 1 – 1 BUF
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18:04
Dixon Ward (11) SHG Unassisted PIT 1 – 2 BUF
2nd Period
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6:46
Derek Plante (24) Matthew Barnaby (23), Dominik Hasek (2) PIT 1 – 3 BUF
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16:06
Joe Dziedzic (7) Ron Francis (49), Glen Murray (10) PIT 2 – 3 BUF
3rd Period
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19:53
Alexei Zhitnik (5) Derek Plante (21) PIT 2 – 4 BUF
Pittsburgh Penguins
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Murray R | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1.23 |
| Ron Francis C | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 0.87 |
| Joe Dziedzic L | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.83 |
| Petr Nedved C | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0.55 |
| Joe Mullen R | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.38 |
| Ian Moran D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Stu Barnes C | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0.15 |
| Darius Kasparaitis D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Garry Valk L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.07 |
| Alex Hicks L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Andreas Johansson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Francois Leroux D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alek Stojanov R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Jeffrey Christian L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Neil Wilkinson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Craig Muni D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Greg Johnson C | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | -0.22 |
| Kevin Hatcher D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -1.05 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Wregget | L | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 59:03 | 0.05 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante C | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2.38 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 1 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 1.13 |
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.98 |
| Donald Audette R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.90 |
| Garry Galley D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.63 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Ed Ronan R | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.00 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Barrie Moore L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:58 | 0.80 |