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Friday, December 12, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena

Hurricanes 2 at Sabres 3

Final/OT

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 99OVR Dominik Hasek Sabres First Star 35 SV · .946 D 80OVR Richard Smehlik Sabres Second Star 2A · 3 SOG R 68OVR Kevin Dineen Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 5 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:28 Michael Peca (5) PPG Richard Smehlik (6), Derek Plante (11) · Wrist CAR 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

No scoring

3rd Period

  1. 5:14 Kevin Dineen (5) Paul Ranheim (3), Enrico Ciccone (3) CAR 1 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:13 Jeff O'Neill (7) PPG Geoff Sanderson (8), Glen Wesley (10) CAR 2 – 1 BUF
  3. 18:22 Miroslav Satan (13) Jason Woolley (11) CAR 2 – 2 BUF

Overtime

  1. 4:45 Matthew Barnaby (1) Richard Smehlik (7) CAR 2 – 3 BUF

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Kevin Dineen R 1 0 5 1 0 +1 17:15 1.18
Enrico Ciccone D 0 1 0 4 3 +1 20:24 0.98
Jeff O'Neill C 1 0 3 1 0 -1 18:53 0.83
Paul Ranheim L 0 1 0 3 0 +1 16:31 0.68
Geoff Sanderson L 0 1 3 0 0 0 17:15 0.65
Glen Wesley D 0 1 2 1 0 -2 21:38 0.48
Jeff Brown D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 27:27 0.45
Robert Kron C 0 0 1 2 1 +1 18:27 0.22
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 3 0 0 0 17:35 0.18
Adam Burt D 0 0 3 2 1 0 18:47 0.07
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:19 0.02
Steven Rice R 0 0 0 1 0 0 5:00 -0.05
Sami Kapanen R 0 0 2 2 0 -1 22:38 -0.05
Stu Grimson L 0 0 1 1 0 0 5:12 -0.08
Keith Primeau C 0 0 3 1 1 -2 22:57 -0.08
Kent Manderville C 0 0 0 3 0 0 7:39 -0.10
Gary Roberts L 0 0 4 5 0 -2 21:51 -0.20
Steve Chiasson D 0 0 4 3 1 -2 22:56 -0.20
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Sean Burke L 28 25 3 .893 64:44 0.25

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Richard Smehlik D 0 2 3 1 2 +1 24:03 1.73
Miroslav Satan R 1 0 4 1 0 0 18:17 0.95
Derek Plante C 0 1 2 0 1 0 20:09 0.78
Matthew Barnaby R 1 0 1 2 0 +1 15:19 0.78
Jason Woolley D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 17:21 0.65
Michael Peca C 1 0 1 3 0 +1 21:21 0.63
Donald Audette R 0 0 3 0 0 0 17:00 0.27
Michal Grosek L 0 0 2 1 0 +1 16:05 0.20
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 4 0 0 0 20:48 0.15
Curtis Brown C 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:37 0.15
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 1 0 0 24:11 0.10
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 2 0 0 +1 26:57 0.10
Jason Dawe R 0 0 0 2 0 0 16:28 0.00
Mike Wilson D 0 0 2 1 0 -1 22:08 0.00
Dixon Ward L 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:11 -0.05
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:58 -0.10
Brad May L 0 0 1 2 0 0 6:09 -0.18
Bob Boughner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:53 -0.25
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 37 35 2 .946 64:45 2.00