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Saturday, December 27, 1997 · Greensboro Coliseum

Sabres 1 at Hurricanes 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 53OVR Pat Jablonski Hurricanes First Star 26 SV · .963 R 74OVR Nelson Emerson Hurricanes Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG C 49OVR Kent Manderville Hurricanes Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 4:23 Steve Chiasson (6) PPG Gary Roberts (19), Nelson Emerson (12) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 CAR

2nd Period

  1. 4:37 Nelson Emerson (13) PPG Sami Kapanen (14), Keith Primeau (17) · Wrist BUF 0 – 2 CAR
  2. 13:43 Curtis Leschyshyn (2) Unassisted · Slap BUF 0 – 3 CAR
  3. 16:39 Kent Manderville (3) Adam Burt (5), Kevin Haller (4) · Wrist BUF 0 – 4 CAR

3rd Period

  1. 8:56 Jason Dawe (14) Richard Smehlik (8), Matthew Barnaby (6) · Wrist BUF 1 – 4 CAR

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Jason Dawe R 1 0 2 0 1 0 14:52 0.95
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 1 0 0 0 12:11 0.70
Richard Smehlik D 0 1 1 1 1 0 20:40 0.60
Curtis Brown C 0 0 4 2 0 0 14:18 0.30
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 1 2 3 0 23:48 0.23
Donald Audette R 0 0 2 0 0 0 18:58 0.15
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 2 1 0 16:33 0.13
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:10 0.10
Mike Wilson D 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:24 0.02
Michal Grosek L 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:23 0.00
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 1 0 0 6:17 0.00
Derek Plante C 0 0 2 1 0 -1 23:13 0.00
Michael Peca C 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:03 -0.02
Jason Woolley D 0 0 5 1 1 -1 19:02 -0.02
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:42 -0.05
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 2 0 2 -1 20:23 -0.05
Dixon Ward L 0 0 0 0 1 -1 9:16 -0.10
Brad May L 0 0 0 1 0 0 4:33 -1.65
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Steve Shields L 24 20 4 .833 60:00 -1.00

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nelson Emerson R 1 1 2 0 0 0 18:04 1.53
Kent Manderville C 1 0 2 1 0 +1 16:38 1.25
Keith Primeau C 0 1 3 1 2 +1 21:08 1.15
Steve Chiasson D 1 0 3 2 2 0 24:49 1.08
Curtis Leschyshyn D 1 0 1 1 0 +1 22:01 1.03
Sami Kapanen R 0 1 1 0 0 0 17:30 0.70
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 3 0 0 +2 13:27 0.48
Kevin Haller D 0 1 0 2 0 0 15:43 0.48
Gary Roberts L 0 1 1 1 0 0 13:16 0.40
Sean Hill D 0 0 2 6 1 +1 19:43 0.35
Adam Burt D 0 1 0 1 0 0 15:47 0.33
Steven Rice R 0 0 1 3 0 +1 14:05 0.22
Robert Kron C 0 0 2 0 0 0 20:01 0.20
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:06 0.20
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 2 2 0 0 18:16 0.10
Stephen Leach R 0 0 1 1 0 -1 6:58 -0.08
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7:48 -0.15
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 1 0 -1 4:50 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Pat Jablonski W 27 26 1 .963 60:00 1.85