Thursday, March 12, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena
Sharks 1 at Sabres 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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0:24
Michael Peca (13) Darryl Shannon (16) · Tip-in SJS 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
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9:14
Dixon Ward (8) Rob Ray (1), Wayne Primeau (3) · Wrist SJS 0 – 2 BUF
3rd Period
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10:44
Alexei Zhitnik (10) Michael Peca (16), Dixon Ward (5) · Slap SJS 0 – 3 BUF
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19:41
John MacLean (10) Unassisted · Slap SJS 1 – 3 BUF
San Jose Sharks
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John MacLean R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:35 | 0.75 |
| Mike Ricci C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 13:36 | 0.20 |
| Owen Nolan R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20:43 | 0.18 |
| Todd Gill D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 26:53 | 0.18 |
| Marcus Ragnarsson D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 26:29 | 0.15 |
| Bill Houlder D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 | 0.13 |
| Marco Sturm L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:38 | 0.10 |
| Marty McSorley D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:53 | 0.10 |
| Jeff Friesen L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:08 | 0.05 |
| Andrei Nazarov L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:07 | 0.02 |
| Dave Lowry L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:13 | 0.00 |
| Mike Rathje D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:15 | -0.02 |
| Tony Granato R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:25 | -0.03 |
| Ron Sutter C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:08 | -0.05 |
| Patrick Marleau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | -0.05 |
| Bernie Nicholls C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 12:29 | -0.08 |
| Ken Sutton D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:25 | -0.08 |
| Shawn Burr L | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 | -0.17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vernon | L | 24 | 21 | 3 | .875 | 59:35 | -0.15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 14:46 | 1.85 |
| Michael Peca C | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 18:23 | 1.43 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 24:59 | 0.88 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 31:14 | 0.87 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11:13 | 0.78 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4:50 | 0.78 |
| Geoff Sanderson L | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:23 | 0.48 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 12:04 | 0.25 |
| Jason Dawe R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:13 | 0.20 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:04 | 0.15 |
| Mike Wilson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 21:19 | 0.10 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2:27 | 0.10 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:52 | 0.08 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 20:37 | 0.07 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 0.02 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 19:56 | -0.08 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:01 | -0.30 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:00 | -0.32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 39 | 38 | 1 | .974 | 59:47 | 3.05 |