Sunday, March 29, 1998 · Joe Louis Arena
Sabres 2 at Red Wings 4
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
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3:37
Tomas Holmstrom (5) Dmitri Mironov (31), Vyacheslav Kozlov (24) · Tip-in BUF 0 – 1 DET
3rd Period
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0:24
Donald Audette (20) Brian Holzinger (17), Vaclav Varada (2) · Wrist BUF 1 – 1 DET
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3:40
Steve Yzerman (21) PPG Darren McCarty (21) · Tip-in BUF 1 – 2 DET
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5:11
Kris Draper (12) Doug Brown (20), Martin Lapointe (16) · Snap BUF 1 – 3 DET
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11:03
Steve Yzerman (22) Larry Murphy (39) · Snap BUF 1 – 4 DET
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17:23
Paul Kruse (7) Rob Ray (3), Alexei Zhitnik (26) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 4 DET
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Audette R | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 17:16 | 1.18 |
| Paul Kruse L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 6:04 | 1.05 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5:33 | 0.78 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 29:15 | 0.70 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 15:10 | 0.60 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:10 | 0.30 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:46 | 0.28 |
| Dixon Ward L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13:00 | 0.18 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11:19 | 0.15 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 | 0.15 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:43 | 0.15 |
| Derek Plante C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:19 | 0.08 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6:12 | 0.05 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +1 | 23:35 | 0.00 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:28 | -0.08 |
| Geoff Sanderson L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 | -0.10 |
| Bob Boughner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 13:30 | -0.15 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 27:51 | -0.20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | L | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 60:00 | 0.40 |
Detroit Red Wings
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Yzerman C | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:34 | 1.95 |
| Doug Brown R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 14:17 | 1.05 |
| Kris Draper C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 14:10 | 1.05 |
| Tomas Holmstrom L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 | 0.90 |
| Vyacheslav Kozlov L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 18:00 | 0.80 |
| Larry Murphy D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 24:21 | 0.75 |
| Dmitri Mironov D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 20:47 | 0.60 |
| Martin Lapointe R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:09 | 0.53 |
| Mathieu Dandenault R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 12:49 | 0.45 |
| Nicklas Lidstrom D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 22:16 | 0.23 |
| Anders Eriksson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18:40 | 0.18 |
| Mike Knuble R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:22 | 0.15 |
| Aaron Ward D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +1 | 16:07 | 0.13 |
| Brendan Shanahan L | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 0.00 |
| Joey Kocur R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:07 | -0.08 |
| Kirk Maltby L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 11:46 | -0.15 |
| Darren McCarty R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 | -0.32 |
| Viacheslav Fetisov D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:18 | -0.35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Osgood | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 | 0.90 |