Saturday, March 22, 1997 · Miami Arena
Sabres 2 at Panthers 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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11:58
Scott Mellanby (26) Bill Lindsay (22), Terry Carkner (13) BUF 0 – 1 FLA
2nd Period
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6:12
Miroslav Satan (18) Richard Smehlik (19), Derek Plante (25) BUF 1 – 1 FLA
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9:03
Ray Sheppard (28) PPG Kirk Muller (18), Robert Svehla (28) BUF 1 – 2 FLA
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14:25
Radek Dvorak (17) Ray Sheppard (26) BUF 1 – 3 FLA
3rd Period
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18:39
Jay McKee (1) Miroslav Satan (12) BUF 2 – 3 FLA
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miroslav Satan R | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1.68 |
| Jay McKee D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1.13 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.70 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.55 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0.15 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.00 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ed Ronan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 57:28 | 0.65 |
Florida Panthers
| Player | G | A | SOG | +/- | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Sheppard R | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 1.75 |
| Radek Dvorak R | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 1.20 |
| Bill Lindsay L | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1 | 1.15 |
| Robert Svehla D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0.85 |
| Terry Carkner D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Kirk Muller L | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0.48 |
| Tom Fitzgerald R | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Scott Mellanby R | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0.45 |
| Steve Washburn C | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.22 |
| Per Gustafsson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Rhett Warrener D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.15 |
| Jody Hull R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| David Nemirovsky R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Chris Wells C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.08 |
| Ed Jovanovski D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mike Hough L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.15 |
| Gord Murphy D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | -0.15 |
| Dave Lowry L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | -0.60 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Vanbiesbrouck | W | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 60:00 | 0.10 |