Friday, October 31, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum
Sabres 3 at Hurricanes 2
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
4:42
Alexei Zhitnik
(1)
Derek Plante (6)
· Backhand
BUF 1 – 0 CAR
-
8:34
Steve Chiasson
(1)
PPG
Jeff Brown (3)
· Slap
BUF 1 – 1 CAR
2nd Period
-
15:52
Gary Roberts
(3)
PPG
Jeff O'Neill (4), Kevin Dineen (2)
· Wrist
BUF 1 – 2 CAR
-
18:18
Jay McKee
(1)
Brian Holzinger (4), Miroslav Satan (3)
· Wrist
BUF 2 – 2 CAR
3rd Period
No scoring
Overtime
-
3:21
Jason Dawe
(7)
Michael Peca (2), Dixon Ward (2)
· Wrist
BUF 3 – 2 CAR
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 22:12 | 1.30 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:38 | 1.20 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 13:25 | 1.05 |
| Jay McKee D | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 18:20 | 1.05 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:13 | 0.95 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 18:49 | 0.93 |
| Jason Dawe R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 15:29 | 0.90 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 17:11 | 0.63 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 23:14 | 0.50 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24:32 | 0.18 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 18:24 | 0.15 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 0.00 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:58 | 0.00 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:37 | 0.00 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 | 0.00 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:55 | 0.00 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:51 | -0.15 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:37 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 63:21 | 0.80 |
Carolina Hurricanes
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Chiasson D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 22:43 | 1.08 |
| Gary Roberts L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:09 | 0.75 |
| Jeff Brown D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:03 | 0.68 |
| Jeff O'Neill C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:01 | 0.48 |
| Kevin Dineen R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:53 | 0.33 |
| Stephen Leach R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:09 | 0.25 |
| Kent Manderville C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:16 | 0.13 |
| Keith Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 22:00 | 0.10 |
| Robert Kron C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 | 0.08 |
| Sami Kapanen R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:28 | 0.08 |
| Kevin Haller D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 21:24 | 0.08 |
| Glen Wesley D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:01 | 0.05 |
| Curtis Leschyshyn D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16:20 | 0.00 |
| Geoff Sanderson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | -0.02 |
| Steven Rice R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:25 | -0.08 |
| Nelson Emerson R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 19:29 | -0.25 |
| Stu Grimson L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:06 | -0.30 |
| Adam Burt D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 20:27 | -0.35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 63:21 | -0.15 |