1997-98 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Game 3, Buffalo Sabres vs. Montreal Canadiens Box Score: May 12, 1998
Scoring Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04:23 | MTL | Turner Stevenson (2) | Stéphane Quintal | |
| 04:46 | BUF | PP | Curtis Brown (1) | Jason Woolley, Michal Grošek |
| 11:22 | BUF | Michael Peca (1) | Dixon Ward, Alexei Zhitnik | |
| 12:16 | MTL | Turner Stevenson (3) | Igor Ulanov, Jocelyn Thibault | |
| 19:12 | BUF | Václav Varaďa (2) | Jason Woolley | |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 04:21 | MTL | Saku Koivu (2) | Mark Recchi, Shayne Corson | |
| 04:42 | BUF | Geoff Sanderson (3) | Brian Holzinger, Donald Audette | |
| 16:30 | MTL | Vladimir Malakhov (3) | Peter Popovic, Mark Recchi | |
| 2nd OT Period | ||||
| 01:24 | BUF | Michael Peca (2) | Dixon Ward, Václav Varaďa | |
Penalty Summary
| 1st Period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:55 | BUF | Michal Grošek | Hooking - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 04:32 | MTL | Vincent Damphousse | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 08:35 | MTL | Dave Manson | Slashing | 2 min |
| 18:32 | BUF | Michal Grošek | Cross checking | 2 min |
| 18:32 | MTL | Scott Thornton | Tripping | 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||||
| 08:40 | MTL | Vladimir Malakhov | Slashing | 2 min |
| 13:26 | BUF | Curtis Brown | Holding stick - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 16:54 | MTL | Martin Ručinský | Hooking - Obstruction | 2 min |
| 18:51 | MTL | Vincent Damphousse | High sticking | 2 min |
| 18:58 | BUF | Alexei Zhitnik | Interference | 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||||
| 01:54 | BUF | Geoff Sanderson | High sticking | 2 min |
| 01:54 | BUF | Geoff Sanderson | High sticking | 2 min |
| 09:38 | BUF | Donald Audette | Interference - Goalkeeper | 2 min |
| 1st OT Period | ||||
| 07:26 | BUF | Matthew Barnaby | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 min |
| 07:26 | MTL | Igor Ulanov | Unsportsmanlike conduct | 2 min |
Buffalo Sabres
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Donald Audette | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 29 | 18:03 |
| 2 | Matthew Barnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 29 | 23:16 |
| 3 | Bob Boughner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 12:35 | |
| 4 | Curtis Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 34 | 28:02 |
| 5 | Michal Grošek | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 33 | 23:45 |
| 6 | Brian Holzinger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 26 | 19:28 |
| 7 | Michael Peca | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 40.0 | 38 | 30:01 |
| 8 | Wayne Primeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 6:52 | |
| 9 | Rob Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:56 | |
| 10 | Geoff Sanderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 26 | 17:06 |
| 11 | Miroslav Šatan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6:53 | |
| 12 | Darryl Shannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 37 | 30:37 |
| 13 | Richard Šmehlík | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 38:07 | |
| 14 | Václav Varaďa | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 31 | 25:04 |
| 15 | Dixon Ward | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 33 | 26:00 |
| 16 | Mike Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 31 | 22:51 |
| 17 | Jason Woolley | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 31 | 22:15 |
| 18 | Alexei Zhitnik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 40 | 35:07 |
| 19 | Dominik Hašek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81:18 | |||||
| TOTAL | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 16.1 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | Dominik Hašek | W | 4 | 46 | 42 | .913 | 0 | 0 | 81:18 |
Montreal Canadiens
| Scoring | Goals | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | SHFT | TOI |
| 1 | Sébastien Bordeleau | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:18 | |
| 2 | Patrice Brisebois | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 34 | 35:46 |
| 3 | Benoît Brunet | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6:49 | |
| 4 | Marc Bureau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 33 | 20:54 |
| 5 | Shayne Corson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 32 | 29:13 |
| 6 | Vincent Damphousse | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 33 | 27:25 |
| 7 | Jonas Höglund | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:18 | |
| 8 | Saku Koivu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 30 | 27:16 |
| 9 | Vladimir Malakhov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 39 | 37:15 |
| 10 | Dave Manson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8:00 | |
| 11 | Peter Popovic | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 34 | 28:35 |
| 12 | Stéphane Quintal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 31 | 28:55 |
| 13 | Mark Recchi | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 33 | 29:19 |
| 14 | Martin Ručinský | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 30 | 23:38 |
| 15 | Brian Savage | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 30 | 23:02 |
| 16 | Turner Stevenson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 25 | 19:18 |
| 17 | Scott Thornton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 26 | 19:01 |
| 18 | Igor Ulanov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23:05 | |
| 19 | José Théodore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56:42 | |||||
| 20 | Jocelyn Thibault | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:42 | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8.7 | |||||
Goalies
| Goalie Stats | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Player | DEC | GA | SA | SV | SV% | SO | PIM | TOI |
| 1 | José Théodore | L | 1 | 18 | 17 | .944 | 0 | 0 | 56:42 |
| 2 | Jocelyn Thibault | 4 | 13 | 9 | .692 | 0 | 0 | 24:42 | |

