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Wednesday, April 8, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena

Hurricanes 1 at Sabres 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 71OVR Dixon Ward Sabres First Star 1A · 2 SOG R 76OVR Ray Sheppard Hurricanes Second Star 1G · 5 SOG L 59OVR Geoff Sanderson Sabres Third Star 1G · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 16:32 Jason Woolley (9) PPG Michael Peca (21), Curtis Brown (12) · Slap CAR 0 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 17:55 Geoff Sanderson (11) Alexei Zhitnik (29), Matthew Barnaby (20) · Wrist CAR 0 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 18:35 Ray Sheppard (17) Steven Halko (2), Martin Gelinas (16) · Backhand CAR 1 – 2 BUF
  2. 19:02 Vaclav Varada (4) Dixon Ward (10) · Wrist CAR 1 – 3 BUF

Carolina Hurricanes

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Ray Sheppard R 1 0 5 0 0 0 17:47 1.18
Martin Gelinas L 0 1 2 0 0 0 19:50 0.68
Steven Halko D 0 1 0 0 0 0 14:45 0.27
Adam Burt D 0 0 0 0 4 0 20:58 0.25
Glen Wesley D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 20:47 0.10
Nelson Emerson R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19:23 0.05
Robert Kron C 0 0 3 0 0 0 18:00 0.02
Nolan Pratt D 0 0 1 1 1 0 16:47 0.02
Kevin Dineen R 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:47 0.00
Jeff O'Neill C 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:48 0.00
Michael Rucinski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:15 -0.05
Stu Grimson L 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:09 -0.10
Curtis Leschyshyn D 0 0 0 2 1 -1 23:28 -0.10
Sami Kapanen R 0 0 3 0 1 -2 19:31 -0.13
Paul Ranheim L 0 0 0 0 0 0 8:49 -0.15
Kent Manderville C 0 0 0 0 0 0 9:15 -0.20
Keith Primeau C 0 0 0 2 0 -1 20:21 -0.20
Gary Roberts L 0 0 0 1 0 -2 18:21 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Trevor Kidd L 26 24 2 .923 58:52 0.90

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dixon Ward L 0 1 2 2 3 +1 19:14 1.23
Geoff Sanderson L 1 0 2 3 0 +1 17:22 1.00
Curtis Brown C 0 1 2 3 0 +1 18:12 0.98
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 1 2 0 0 +1 28:12 0.93
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 1 1 0 +1 14:58 0.90
Jason Woolley D 1 0 4 1 1 0 16:09 0.90
Vaclav Varada R 1 0 2 2 0 +1 13:53 0.80
Michael Peca C 0 1 0 0 0 0 8:20 0.68
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 1 0 2 +1 23:09 0.33
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 2 4 0 +1 17:33 0.20
Mike Wilson D 0 0 1 3 3 0 17:44 0.18
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 0 0 1 0 22:03 0.15
Rob Ray R 0 0 1 1 0 0 5:44 0.08
Bob Boughner D 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:50 0.08
Donald Audette R 0 0 3 3 1 -1 15:43 -0.03
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 15:51 -0.10
Paul Kruse L 0 0 1 2 0 0 5:44 -0.13
Brian Holzinger C 0 0 2 0 0 -1 18:46 -0.25
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 16 15 1 .938 60:00 0.75