Friday, December 19, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Canadiens 0 at Sabres 1
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
2:42
Donald Audette
(8)
Vaclav Varada (1), Derek Plante (12)
· Snap
MTL 0 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
No scoring
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saku Koivu C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 | 0.40 |
| Brian Savage L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 | 0.40 |
| Stephane Quintal D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:08 | 0.33 |
| Dave Manson D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 22:55 | 0.30 |
| Vladimir Malakhov D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 27:58 | 0.28 |
| Martin Rucinsky L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 | 0.15 |
| Brett Clark D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:57 | 0.12 |
| Patrice Brisebois D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:40 | 0.10 |
| Vincent Damphousse C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:51 | 0.05 |
| Mark Recchi R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:16 | 0.02 |
| Scott Thornton L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:24 | 0.02 |
| Sebastien Bordeleau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:36 | 0.00 |
| Shayne Corson L | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:56 | -0.02 |
| Darcy Tucker R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:11 | -0.08 |
| Marc Bureau C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 12:15 | -0.08 |
| Valeri Bure R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:00 | -0.15 |
| David Wilkie D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:11 | -0.20 |
| Benoit Brunet L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:30 | -0.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Moog | L | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 58:49 | 1.15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 16:28 | 0.93 |
| Donald Audette R | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 14:10 | 0.87 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9:18 | 0.78 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22:50 | 0.38 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:35 | 0.25 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20:40 | 0.22 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 13:04 | 0.20 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13:22 | 0.15 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:51 | 0.15 |
| Randy Burridge L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:59 | 0.10 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:57 | 0.02 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 | 0.00 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8:25 | 0.00 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +1 | 26:02 | 0.00 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:00 | -0.08 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:32 | -0.20 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:23 | -0.22 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24:52 | -0.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 42 | 42 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:55 | 4.20 |