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Monday, December 15, 1997 · Reunion Arena

Sabres 4 at Stars 8

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

D 98OVR Sergei Zubov Stars First Star 4A · 4 SOG D 94OVR Darryl Sydor Stars Second Star 2G · 1A · 2 SOG R 84OVR Jamie Langenbrunner Stars Third Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:48 Jamie Langenbrunner (15) PPG Sergei Zubov (23), Joe Nieuwendyk (15) · Backhand BUF 0 – 1 DAL
  2. 6:14 Miroslav Satan (14) PPG Donald Audette (7), Brian Holzinger (8) · Tip-in BUF 1 – 1 DAL
  3. 6:41 Joe Nieuwendyk (17) Greg Adams (10), Pat Verbeek (14) · Wrist BUF 1 – 2 DAL
  4. 11:52 Darryl Sydor (4) Unassisted · Slap BUF 1 – 3 DAL

2nd Period

  1. 4:07 Darryl Sydor (5) Jamie Langenbrunner (13) BUF 1 – 4 DAL
  2. 8:05 Jamie Langenbrunner (16) PPG Sergei Zubov (24), Tony Hrkac (1) · Snap BUF 1 – 5 DAL
  3. 12:48 Brian Holzinger (7) PPG Alexei Zhitnik (9), Jason Woolley (12) · Wrist BUF 2 – 5 DAL
  4. 16:46 Greg Adams (7) PPG Sergei Zubov (25), Darryl Sydor (16) BUF 2 – 6 DAL

3rd Period

  1. 2:27 Derek Plante (6) Brad May (6), Donald Audette (8) · Wrist BUF 3 – 6 DAL
  2. 7:05 Pat Verbeek (13) Sergei Zubov (26), Dave Reid (6) · Wrist BUF 3 – 7 DAL
  3. 11:38 Shawn Chambers (1) SHG Jere Lehtinen (11) · Wrist BUF 3 – 8 DAL
  4. 19:15 Michael Peca (6) PPG Jason Woolley (13), Brian Holzinger (9) · Tip-in BUF 4 – 8 DAL

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brian Holzinger C 1 2 2 0 0 -2 20:46 1.80
Donald Audette R 0 2 6 4 1 +1 17:00 1.75
Jason Woolley D 0 2 1 1 0 0 21:12 1.33
Derek Plante C 1 0 3 1 0 0 17:36 0.83
Michael Peca C 1 0 2 1 0 -1 18:14 0.65
Miroslav Satan R 1 0 2 1 0 -2 14:08 0.50
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 1 2 0 -1 27:58 0.50
Brad May L 0 1 1 1 0 -1 7:15 0.18
Jason Dawe R 0 0 2 2 0 -1 17:20 0.10
Curtis Brown C 0 0 1 3 0 0 7:56 -0.03
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 13:01 -0.10
Mike Wilson D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15:18 -0.10
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 1 3 2 -2 22:35 -0.12
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 12:28 -0.15
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 1 2 0 -3 21:09 -0.37
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 1 0 -2 10:50 -0.40
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 3 1 -1 9:38 -0.55
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9:13 -2.70
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Shields L 23 19 4 .826 33:31 -1.10
Dominik Hasek — 12 8 4 .667 26:29 -2.20

Dallas Stars

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sergei Zubov D 0 4 4 1 0 +3 24:27 3.40
Darryl Sydor D 2 1 2 0 1 +3 17:28 2.73
Jamie Langenbrunner R 2 1 3 2 0 +2 19:14 2.70
Pat Verbeek R 1 1 2 2 1 +2 12:59 1.88
Greg Adams L 1 1 2 1 1 +2 13:27 1.78
Joe Nieuwendyk C 1 1 2 0 0 +1 10:26 1.48
Shawn Chambers D 1 0 4 1 0 +2 17:43 1.30
Jere Lehtinen R 0 1 3 1 2 +2 19:32 1.15
Dave Reid L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 13:08 0.98
Tony Hrkac C 0 1 0 1 0 0 9:33 0.78
Guy Carbonneau C 0 0 6 1 2 +2 17:17 0.70
Richard Matvichuk D 0 0 1 0 5 0 20:15 -0.02
Craig Ludwig D 0 0 0 4 2 +1 17:07 -0.10
Todd Harvey R 0 0 2 3 0 0 11:24 -0.23
Grant Marshall R 0 0 0 2 0 0 8:16 -0.53
Bob Errey L 0 0 0 2 1 -1 12:52 -0.55
Bob Bassen L 0 0 0 3 1 -1 10:43 -0.68
Derian Hatcher D 0 0 2 3 3 -1 23:22 -1.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ed Belfour W 26 22 4 .846 60:00 -0.80