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Friday, March 21, 1997 · Capital Centre

Sabres 4 at Capitals 1

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 88OVR Michael Peca Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG G 79OVR Steve Shields Sabres Second Star 30 SV · .968 RC R 83OVR Jason Dawe Sabres Third Star 2G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

No scoring

2nd Period

  1. 6:03 Brian Holzinger (22) PPG Garry Galley (32), Donald Audette (20) BUF 1 – 0 WSH
  2. 10:01 Peter Bondra (43) Michal Pivonka (16), Calle Johansson (10) BUF 1 – 1 WSH
  3. 13:50 Jason Dawe (21) Michael Peca (26), Dixon Ward (29) BUF 2 – 1 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 12:14 Jason Dawe (22) Michael Peca (27), Richard Smehlik (18) BUF 3 – 1 WSH
  2. 18:46 Michael Peca (19) SHG Unassisted BUF 4 – 1 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Michael Peca C 1 2 1 0 0 +3 0:00 2.53
Jason Dawe R 2 0 2 0 0 +2 0:00 1.95
Dixon Ward L 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 1.00
Garry Galley D 0 1 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.93
Richard Smehlik D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Brian Holzinger C 1 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.75
Donald Audette R 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0:00 0.32
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Michal Grosek L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Derek Plante C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.15
Brad May L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Shields W 31 30 1 .968 60:00 2.25

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Peter Bondra R 1 0 5 0 0 0 0:00 1.13
Michal Pivonka C 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Calle Johansson D 0 1 1 0 0 -1 0:00 0.55
Sylvain Cote D 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Steve Konowalchuk L 0 0 3 0 0 0 0:00 0.07
Kelly Miller L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin Kaminski C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Craig Berube L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Dale Hunter C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Stewart Malgunas D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Brendan Witt D 0 0 4 0 0 -1 0:00 0.00
Rick Tocchet R 0 0 5 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.07
Andrei Nikolishin C 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Mike Eagles L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 -0.08
Joe Juneau C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.08
Ken Klee D 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.08
Adam Oates C 0 0 1 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.22
Chris Simon L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0:00 -0.52
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Bill Ranford L 11 8 3 .727 59:01 -1.45