Saturday, October 17, 1998 · Centre Molson
Sabres 4 at Canadiens 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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2:01
Benoit Brunet (2) SHG Vincent Damphousse (2) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 MTL
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4:12
Vladimir Malakhov (2) Vincent Damphousse (3) · Wrist BUF 0 – 2 MTL
2nd Period
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14:57
Vincent Damphousse (3) SHG Mark Recchi (6) · Wrist BUF 0 – 3 MTL
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16:01
Brian Holzinger (1) PPG Michal Grosek (2), Miroslav Satan (3) · Wrist BUF 1 – 3 MTL
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18:18
Michael Peca (2) PPG Michal Grosek (3) · Wrist BUF 2 – 3 MTL
3rd Period
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2:46
Dixon Ward (1) Vaclav Varada (2) · Wrist BUF 3 – 3 MTL
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10:23
Vaclav Varada (1) Dixon Ward (1), Michael Peca (1) · Backhand BUF 4 – 3 MTL
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixon Ward L | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 12:47 | 1.95 |
| Vaclav Varada R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 15:58 | 1.68 |
| Michael Peca C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 19:23 | 1.30 |
| Michal Grosek L | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 24:01 | 1.13 |
| Brian Holzinger C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:25 | 0.80 |
| Miroslav Satan R | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14:48 | 0.38 |
| Alexei Zhitnik D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26:05 | 0.25 |
| Jay McKee D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24:46 | 0.20 |
| Jason Woolley D | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:45 | 0.18 |
| Curtis Brown C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:35 | 0.12 |
| Wayne Primeau C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 15:31 | 0.10 |
| Darryl Shannon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:32 | 0.10 |
| Richard Smehlik D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | 0.08 |
| Geoff Sanderson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7:43 | 0.03 |
| Jason Holland D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 9:52 | -0.02 |
| Matthew Barnaby R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:48 | -0.28 |
| Paul Kruse L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:21 | -0.33 |
| Rob Ray R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:01 | -0.58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominik Hasek | W | 35 | 32 | 3 | .914 | 60:00 | 0.95 |
Montréal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent Damphousse C | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 23:54 | 2.73 |
| Benoit Brunet L | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:18 | 1.20 |
| Vladimir Malakhov D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24:10 | 1.00 |
| Mark Recchi R | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24:35 | 0.83 |
| Patrick Poulin L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 | 0.33 |
| Jonas Hoglund R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:34 | 0.15 |
| Dave Manson D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 7:15 | 0.15 |
| Miloslav Guren D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:17 | 0.10 |
| Turner Stevenson R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:50 | 0.07 |
| Saku Koivu C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 23:21 | -0.02 |
| Brett Clark D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | +1 | 21:39 | -0.05 |
| Sergei Zholtok C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:58 | -0.13 |
| Stephane Quintal D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:16 | -0.13 |
| Trent McCleary C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:33 | -0.15 |
| Dave Morissette L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2:55 | -0.68 |
| Igor Ulanov D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 21:12 | -0.68 |
| Scott Thornton L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2:52 | -1.13 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:58 | -1.25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jocelyn Thibault | L | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 58:50 | -0.70 |