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Monday, December 28, 1998 · Marine Midland Arena

Devils 7 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 89OVR Michael Peca Sabres First Star 2G · 1A · 4 SOG C 75OVR Brendan Morrison Devils Second Star 1G · 2A · 2 SOG RC R 90OVR Brian Rolston Devils Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:50 Krzysztof Oliwa (3) Brendan Morrison (11), Sasha Lakovic (2) · Snap NJD 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 6:51 Brendan Morrison (4) Sasha Lakovic (3), Sheldon Souray (3) · Wrist NJD 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 8:22 Petr Sykora (11) PPG Patrik Elias (14), Brendan Morrison (12) · Snap NJD 3 – 0 BUF
  4. 15:35 Michael Peca (9) Richard Smehlik (8) · Slap NJD 3 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 0:22 Dave Andreychuk (11) Bobby Holik (14) · Backhand NJD 4 – 1 BUF
  2. 8:28 Vadim Sharifijanov (3) Dave Andreychuk (10) · Backhand NJD 5 – 1 BUF
  3. 19:29 Brian Rolston (7) PPG Bobby Holik (15), Lyle Odelein (9) · Slap NJD 6 – 1 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 2:29 Michael Peca (10) PPG Brian Holzinger (6), Matthew Barnaby (12) · Wrist NJD 6 – 2 BUF
  2. 8:03 Miroslav Satan (13) SHG Unassisted · Backhand NJD 6 – 3 BUF
  3. 13:30 Curtis Brown (10) PPG Jason Woolley (15), Michael Peca (10) · Tip-in NJD 6 – 4 BUF
  4. 19:45 Brian Rolston (8) Scott Stevens (11), Denis Pederson (6) · Wrist NJD 7 – 4 BUF

New Jersey Devils

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Brendan Morrison C 1 2 2 0 0 0 10:59 2.10
Brian Rolston R 2 0 4 0 0 +1 16:20 1.85
Dave Andreychuk L 1 1 1 0 0 +1 18:58 1.50
Sasha Lakovic L 0 2 1 1 0 +1 6:46 1.43
Bobby Holik C 0 2 1 3 0 +2 20:17 1.28
Vadim Sharifijanov R 1 0 1 0 0 +2 18:20 1.18
Scott Stevens D 0 1 1 2 1 +2 24:26 1.05
Petr Sykora R 1 0 2 0 0 0 16:22 0.85
Krzysztof Oliwa L 1 0 1 1 0 +2 4:28 0.70
Denis Pederson C 0 1 1 1 0 0 17:46 0.60
Patrik Elias C 0 1 1 3 0 0 16:06 0.50
Lyle Odelein D 0 1 1 1 1 -1 20:46 0.30
Ken Daneyko D 0 0 0 1 1 +2 18:09 0.20
Kevin Dean D 0 0 0 0 1 +1 20:13 0.15
Sheldon Souray D 0 1 1 2 0 +2 15:58 0.05
Brad Bombardir D 0 0 0 0 1 +1 13:29 0.00
Jay Pandolfo L 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:42 -0.10
Jason Arnott C 0 0 0 1 0 -1 13:58 -0.15
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Martin Brodeur W 40 36 4 .900 60:00 0.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Michael Peca C 2 1 4 1 0 +1 21:21 2.63
Brian Holzinger C 0 1 3 0 0 0 18:53 0.75
Miroslav Satan R 1 0 3 1 1 -1 25:31 0.73
Curtis Brown C 1 0 4 0 0 -3 19:17 0.70
Richard Smehlik D 0 1 5 0 2 -2 15:54 0.70
Jason Woolley D 0 1 4 0 0 -1 21:42 0.58
Matthew Barnaby R 0 1 4 0 0 -1 15:33 0.15
Jay McKee D 0 0 2 0 3 0 19:27 0.15
James Patrick D 0 0 1 1 1 0 10:56 0.13
Dixon Ward L 0 0 1 3 0 +1 15:51 0.12
Vaclav Varada R 0 0 1 4 0 +1 13:43 0.07
Erik Rasmussen C 0 0 1 4 1 0 12:51 -0.02
Darryl Shannon D 0 0 1 5 1 0 17:02 -0.08
Alexei Zhitnik D 0 0 3 0 2 -3 26:17 -0.22
Geoff Sanderson L 0 0 1 1 0 -2 12:32 -0.28
Michal Grosek L 0 0 2 0 1 -3 17:03 -0.30
Wayne Primeau C 0 0 0 1 0 -2 7:37 -0.63
Rob Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 1:28 -1.48
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Dwayne Roloson L 11 9 2 .818 38:38 -0.60
Dominik Hasek — 6 2 4 .333 20:22 -2.80