Thursday, March 26, 1998 · General Motors Place
Sabres 5 at Canucks 2
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
-
0:21
Pavel Bure
(44)
Mark Messier (34), Brad May (9)
· Tip-in
BUF 0 – 1 VAN
-
13:53
Brad May
(9)
Mark Messier (35), Pavel Bure (35)
· Tip-in
BUF 0 – 2 VAN
2nd Period
No scoring
3rd Period
-
1:09
Jason Woolley
(8)
Derek Plante (20), Matthew Barnaby (17)
· Backhand
BUF 1 – 2 VAN
-
6:01
Geoff Sanderson
(10)
Wayne Primeau (5), Matthew Barnaby (18)
BUF 2 – 2 VAN
-
7:10
Michael Peca
(17)
Dixon Ward (8), Darryl Shannon (17)
· Wrist
BUF 3 – 2 VAN
-
9:20
Alexei Zhitnik
(13)
Derek Plante (21), Matthew Barnaby (19)
· Tip-in
BUF 4 – 2 VAN
-
11:53
Michael Peca
(18)
PPG
Dixon Ward (9)
· Wrist
BUF 5 – 2 VAN
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Peca C | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 15:31 | 1.90 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 17:34 | 1.63 |
| Geoff Sanderson L | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 15:41 | 1.50 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 13:27 | 1.20 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 11:58 | 1.17 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 23:00 | 1.08 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28:52 | 0.95 |
| Jason Woolley D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 15:32 | 0.53 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 11:33 | 0.45 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11:56 | 0.15 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:52 | -0.05 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:19 | -0.10 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 19:33 | -0.10 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 21:30 | -0.12 |
| Donald Audette R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:49 | -0.13 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:25 | -0.20 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 | -0.53 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9:07 | -0.62 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Shields | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 59:45 | 0.60 |
Vancouver Canucks
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavel Bure R | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 19:42 | 1.65 |
| Mark Messier C | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 18:11 | 1.48 |
| Brad May L | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11:33 | 0.45 |
| Jyrki Lumme D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:53 | 0.10 |
| Peter Zezel C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:19 | 0.07 |
| Bret Hedican D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 21:27 | 0.07 |
| Brian Noonan R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:35 | -0.02 |
| Bert Robertsson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 6:58 | -0.05 |
| Jason Strudwick D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18:06 | -0.08 |
| Adrian Aucoin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:39 | -0.15 |
| Todd Bertuzzi R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14:26 | -0.33 |
| Donald Brashear L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:19 | -0.35 |
| Mattias Ohlund D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:31 | -0.38 |
| Alexander Mogilny R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:55 | -0.50 |
| Steve Staios D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 5:41 | -0.58 |
| Dave Scatchard C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:41 | -0.63 |
| Bryan McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:17 | -0.83 |
| Scott Walker R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6:51 | -2.70 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garth Snow | — | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 | 8:07 | 0.50 |
| Arturs Irbe | L | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 51:53 | -2.35 |