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Saturday, October 11, 1997 · Continental Airlines Arena

Sabres 2 at Devils 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 87OVR Dave Andreychuk Devils First Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG C 90OVR Bobby Holik Devils Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 89OVR Doug Gilmour Devils Third Star 2A · 1 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 8:12 Michal Grosek (1) Curtis Brown (2), Erik Rasmussen (1) BUF 1 – 0 NJD

2nd Period

  1. 6:29 Scott Niedermayer (1) PPG Dave Andreychuk (4), Doug Gilmour (2) BUF 1 – 1 NJD
  2. 9:48 Jason Dawe (5) PPG Alexei Zhitnik (2), Darryl Shannon (3) · Wrist BUF 2 – 1 NJD

3rd Period

  1. 1:03 Bobby Holik (2) Dave Andreychuk (5) · Wrist BUF 2 – 2 NJD
  2. 7:36 Dave Andreychuk (1) PPG Bobby Holik (2), Doug Gilmour (3) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 3 NJD

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Michal Grosek L 1 0 4 2 0 0 16:17 1.05
Jason Dawe R 1 0 5 0 0 0 21:29 0.98
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 2 4 0 0 20:51 0.78
Curtis Brown C 0 1 1 0 0 0 14:44 0.70
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 1 0 0 0 20:21 0.70
Erik Rasmussen C 0 1 1 0 0 0 13:32 0.55
Scott Nichol C 0 0 3 0 0 0 5:28 0.22
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 2 0 0 0 23:04 0.20
Dixon Ward L 0 0 2 2 0 0 16:06 0.15
Donald Audette R 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:16 0.15
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 2 1 0 0 17:37 0.15
Randy Burridge L 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:43 0.00
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:33 0.00
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 0 2 0 0 25:55 0.00
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 1 0 9:49 -0.10
Jay McKee D 0 0 0 1 0 0 26:50 -0.10
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 15:36 -0.15
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 1 1 0 0 11:54 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Shields L 30 27 3 .900 59:34 0.45

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dave Andreychuk L 1 2 2 1 1 +1 24:06 2.40
Bobby Holik C 1 1 4 0 0 +1 14:41 1.58
Doug Gilmour C 0 2 1 0 0 0 24:19 1.13
Scott Niedermayer D 1 0 1 0 0 0 24:40 0.83
Brian Rolston R 0 0 4 2 0 0 21:38 0.35
Scott Stevens D 0 0 4 2 1 0 24:49 0.35
John MacLean R 0 0 3 1 0 0 21:14 0.27
Randy Mckay R 0 0 0 1 0 +1 11:56 0.20
Valeri Zelepukin L 0 0 2 1 0 0 11:18 0.15
Steve Thomas R 0 0 2 1 0 0 10:13 0.15
Denis Pederson C 0 0 3 1 0 -1 8:40 0.07
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 3 0 0 19:15 0.00
Kevin Dean D 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:26 0.00
Krzysztof Oliwa L 0 0 1 6 1 -1 5:04 -0.12
Petr Sykora R 0 0 2 3 0 0 14:33 -0.15
Brad Bombardir D 0 0 0 1 0 0 10:31 -0.15
Lyle Odelein D 0 0 0 1 0 0 23:07 -0.15
Reid Simpson L 0 0 1 2 0 -1 4:59 -0.22
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 26 24 2 .923 60:00 0.90