Wednesday, December 17, 1997 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sabres 0 at Islanders 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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2:18
Kenny Jonsson (6) PPG Robert Reichel (21), Bryan Berard (11) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 NYI
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3:58
Robert Reichel (14) Ziggy Palffy (17), Kenny Jonsson (11) · Tip-in BUF 0 – 2 NYI
2nd Period
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15:29
Robert Reichel (15) PPG Travis Green (11), Bryan Berard (12) · Snap BUF 0 – 3 NYI
3rd Period
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11:15
Ziggy Palffy (16) SHG Unassisted · Backhand BUF 0 – 4 NYI
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:34 | 0.23 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:35 | 0.18 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:53 | 0.18 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 | 0.13 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:17 | 0.10 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28:27 | 0.10 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 | 0.02 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 16:55 | -0.05 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:08 | -0.08 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:49 | -0.08 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 21:05 | -0.12 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:22 | -0.15 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 17:04 | -0.27 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 12:48 | -0.28 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:06 | -0.30 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 9:43 | -0.58 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:48 | -1.10 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | -1.17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | L | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 60:00 | -0.50 |
New York Islanders
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Reichel C | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 15:47 | 2.73 |
| Ziggy Palffy R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 19:30 | 1.78 |
| Bryan Berard D | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 23:07 | 1.63 |
| Kenny Jonsson D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 23:36 | 1.40 |
| Bryan Smolinski C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 | 0.63 |
| Claude Lapointe C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:52 | 0.40 |
| Mike Hough L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 15:07 | 0.20 |
| Mariusz Czerkawski R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:46 | 0.20 |
| Tom Chorske R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 | 0.10 |
| Travis Green C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 | 0.10 |
| Sergei Nemchinov L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:37 | 0.05 |
| Ken Belanger L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:01 | -0.05 |
| Scott Lachance D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:07 | -0.08 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:15 | -0.22 |
| Rich Pilon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15:38 | -0.30 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:10 | -0.42 |
| Doug Houda D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16:49 | -0.75 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 19:20 | -1.35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Salo | W | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:58 | 2.80 |