New Jersey Devils vs. Buffalo Sabres Box Score: December 29, 1997
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:49 | NJD | Randy McKay (15) | Dave Andreychuk, Sheldon Souray | |
| 03:23 | NJD | PP | Bill Guerin (5) | |
| 10:28 | BUF | PP | Michael Peca (8) | Derek Plante, Jason Dawe |
| 12:49 | NJD | Steve Thomas (6) | Peter Zezel | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01:43 | BUF | Michal Grošek | Tripping | 2 min |
| 09:17 | BUF | Bob Boughner | Fighting | 5 min |
| 09:17 | NJD | Krzysztof Oliwa | Elbowing | 2 min |
| 09:17 | NJD | Krzysztof Oliwa | Fighting | 5 min |
| 11:24 | BUF | Matthew Barnaby | Fighting | 5 min |
| 11:24 | NJD | Sheldon Souray | Fighting | 5 min |
| 19:54 | BUF | Bob Boughner | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:54 | NJD | Denis Pederson | Roughing | 2 min |
| 19:54 | NJD | Denis Pederson | Charging | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 09:24 | NJD | Doug Gilmour | Holding - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 12:07 | BUF | Mike Wilson | Interference - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 15:27 | NJD | Krzysztof Oliwa | Roughing | 2 min |
| 15:59 | BUF | Matthew Barnaby | Interference - Goalkeeper | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 04:06 | BUF | Michael Peca | Roughing | 2 min |
| 04:06 | NJD | Sheldon Souray | Roughing | 2 min |
| 06:15 | NJD | Lyle Odelein | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 16:25 | NJD | Patrik Eliáš | High sticking | 2 min |
New Jersey Devils
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Dave Andreychuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 19:19 | |
| 2 | Doug Bodger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 14:20 |
| 3 | Kevin Dean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 17:44 | |
| 4 | Patrik Eliáš | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15:20 | |
| 5 | Doug Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 29 | 24:36 |
| 6 | Bill Guerin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 16:18 |
| 7 | Bobby Holík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 19 | 15:52 |
| 8 | Randy McKay | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 17 | 12:27 |
| 9 | Scott Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 22:40 |
| 10 | Lyle Odelein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 26 | 25:07 |
| 11 | Krzysztof Oliwa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3:39 | |
| 12 | Denis Pederson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 18 | 11:47 |
| 13 | Brian Rolston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 16:02 |
| 14 | Sheldon Souray | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 10:46 |
| 15 | Scott Stevens | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 27:35 | |
| 16 | Steve Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 17 | 10:29 |
| 17 | Valeri Zelepukin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 10:03 | |
| 18 | Peter Zezel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12:29 | |
| 19 | Martin Brodeur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:58 | |||||
| TOTAL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 15.8 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Martin Brodeur | W | 1 | 23 | 22 | .957 | 0 | 0 | 59:58 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Donald Audette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 21 | 18:21 |
| 2 | Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 15:42 | |
| 3 | Bob Boughner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 12:41 | |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16:45 | |
| 5 | Jason Dawe | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | 17:01 |
| 6 | Michal Grošek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 21 | 18:28 |
| 7 | Brian Holzinger | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 18 | 12:45 |
| 8 | Brad May | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 2:19 |
| 9 | Michael Peca | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 23 | 19:03 |
| 10 | Derek Plante | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 22 | 17:59 |
| 11 | Miroslav Šatan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 12:54 | |
| 12 | Darryl Shannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 22 | 20:07 |
| 13 | Richard Šmehlík | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 23 | 24:33 |
| 14 | Václav Varaďa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10:26 | |
| 15 | Dixon Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 16 | 12:59 |
| 16 | Mike Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 13:51 |
| 17 | Jason Woolley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 23 | 21:49 |
| 18 | Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27:01 | |
| 19 | Dominik Hašek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57:21 | |||||
| TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 4.3 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Dominik Hašek | L | 3 | 19 | 16 | .842 | 0 | 0 | 57:21 |

