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Friday, December 18, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena

Canadiens 2 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 89OVR Dixon Ward Sabres First Star 1G · 2A · 1 SOG G 99OVR Dominik Hasek Sabres Second Star 36 SV · .947 C 89OVR Michael Peca Sabres Third Star 1A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:28 Igor Ulanov (2) Craig Rivet (4) · Slap MTL 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:34 Brian Holzinger (10) Dixon Ward (7) · Wrist MTL 1 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 6:23 Benoit Brunet (9) Unassisted · Wrist MTL 2 – 1 BUF
  2. 19:56 Vaclav Varada (3) Dixon Ward (8), Jason Woolley (12) · Snap MTL 2 – 2 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 4:29 Curtis Brown (8) Michal Grosek (11), Darryl Shannon (6) · Wrist MTL 2 – 3 BUF
  2. 15:38 Dixon Ward (11) SHG Michael Peca (9), Jay McKee (6) · Snap MTL 2 – 4 BUF

Montréal Canadiens

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Benoit Brunet L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 16:48 1.18
Igor Ulanov D 1 0 1 2 2 +1 18:41 0.98
Craig Rivet D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 19:40 0.95
Turner Stevenson R 0 0 2 0 0 +1 10:50 0.30
Saku Koivu C 0 0 5 0 0 -1 18:36 0.28
Patrick Poulin L 0 0 2 3 0 +1 14:48 0.25
Sergei Zholtok C 0 0 1 0 0 0 4:40 0.13
Matt Higgins C 0 0 1 0 0 0 5:11 0.08
Stephane Quintal D 0 0 2 0 1 -1 18:30 0.00
Martin Rucinsky L 0 0 4 0 0 -1 18:07 -0.05
Trent McCleary C 0 0 1 2 0 0 5:17 -0.08
Jonas Hoglund R 0 0 2 0 0 -1 15:59 -0.10
Patrice Brisebois D 0 0 3 2 0 -2 21:06 -0.13
Brett Clark D 0 0 0 0 1 -1 14:59 -0.15
Vincent Damphousse C 0 0 3 0 0 -2 22:26 -0.23
Eric Weinrich D 0 0 2 1 2 -2 25:23 -0.30
Jason Dawe R 0 0 2 5 0 -2 18:03 -0.35
Shayne Corson L 0 0 3 1 2 -3 22:19 -0.48
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jose Theodore L 21 17 4 .810 58:36 -1.30

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Dixon Ward L 1 2 1 0 0 +3 16:38 2.43
Michael Peca C 0 1 2 0 4 +2 20:24 1.38
Darryl Shannon D 0 1 1 2 2 +2 19:39 1.10
Vaclav Varada R 1 0 3 7 1 +1 14:08 1.03
Brian Holzinger C 1 0 2 0 1 0 20:55 0.95
Curtis Brown C 1 0 2 1 0 +1 17:39 0.85
Jay McKee D 0 1 0 3 0 +2 20:55 0.73
Michal Grosek L 0 1 1 0 0 0 16:26 0.70
Jason Woolley D 0 1 0 1 0 +1 15:44 0.68
Miroslav Satan R 0 0 4 0 0 0 20:23 0.35
Mike Wilson D 0 0 0 0 1 0 5:38 0.05
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 1 1 2 -1 26:12 -0.02
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:21 -0.05
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:07 -0.10
James Patrick D 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:59 -0.10
Matthew Barnaby R 0 0 1 1 0 -1 7:36 -0.23
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 1 0 0 -1 13:58 -0.23
Richard Smehlik D 0 0 2 2 0 0 21:14 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dominik Hasek W 38 36 2 .947 60:00 2.10