Friday, December 26, 1997 · Marine Midland Arena
Rangers 0 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
4:39
Jason Woolley
(2)
Matthew Barnaby (5), Michal Grosek (10)
· Tip-in
NYR 0 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
-
14:54
Dixon Ward
(4)
Jason Dawe (9)
· Slap
NYR 0 – 2 BUF
-
19:35
Michal Grosek
(4)
PPG
Alexei Zhitnik (10)
· Backhand
NYR 0 – 3 BUF
New York Rangers
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Leetch D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16:03 | 0.50 |
| Adam Graves L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:19 | 0.35 |
| Bill Berg L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:39 | 0.18 |
| Alex Kovalev R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:58 | 0.12 |
| Alexander Karpovtsev D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:13 | 0.10 |
| Kevin Stevens L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:46 | 0.08 |
| Pat LaFontaine C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 | 0.07 |
| Johan Lindbom L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:29 | 0.02 |
| Tim Sweeney R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:37 | 0.00 |
| Marc Savard C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 | -0.05 |
| Brian Skrudland C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:46 | -0.13 |
| Darren Langdon L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 3:27 | -0.15 |
| Jeff Finley D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 16:50 | -0.15 |
| Wayne Gretzky C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:43 | -0.18 |
| Ulf Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:13 | -0.28 |
| Eric Cairns D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:54 | -0.30 |
| Bruce Driver D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:21 | -0.35 |
| Mike Keane R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:37 | -0.40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Richter | L | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 57:53 | 0.80 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michal Grosek L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 14:11 | 1.50 |
| Jason Woolley D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 16:16 | 0.85 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 15:36 | 0.73 |
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 15:10 | 0.70 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 11:48 | 0.60 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:14 | 0.48 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 23:11 | 0.33 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | 0.28 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 11:59 | 0.28 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 12:40 | 0.22 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:47 | 0.22 |
| Michael Peca C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:00 | 0.15 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 18:07 | 0.07 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 | 0.05 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 13:16 | 0.05 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:30 | 0.05 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:45 | -0.10 |
| Brad May L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:43 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 | 2.80 |