Sabres at Islanders

Period 1
1. SABRES, BRIERE 14 (GOMEZ, DOAN), 06:18
2. SABRES, BRIERE 15 (COLAIACOVO, LANGENBRUNNER) (PP), 09:39
3. SABRES, NASLUND 24 (LAUKKANEN, WALZ), 17:11

PENALTIES: D. AUDETTE Nyi (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:57, S. LEFEBVRE Nyi (ELBOWING, Minor) 09:19, E. KNUTSEN Buf (BOARDING, Minor) 10:32

Period 2
4. SABRES, BRIERE 16 (MURPHY, LANGENBRUNNER), 01:30

PENALTIES: J. MODRY Nyi (HEAD-BUTTING, Major, Game Misconduct) 01:59 (Served by Steve Rucchin), T. GILL Buf (KICKING, Major) 05:03, T. MARCHANT Buf (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 18:13

Period 3
5. SABRES, KNUTSEN 6 (UMBERGER, GILL), 03:51
6. ISLANDERS, LEFEBVRE 2 (LINDROS, COTE), 08:13
7. SABRES, MCAMMOND 3 (MURPHY, COLAIACOVO), 08:27
8. ISLANDERS, LEFEBVRE 3 (WEIGHT, COTE) (PP), 14:43

PENALTIES: A. KARPOVTSEV Buf (BOARDING, Minor) 14:04, J. NIEUWENDYK Nyi (ROUGHING, Minor) 19:51

Goalie Statistics

Johan Hedberg (Buf), 25 saves out of 27 shots, W, 12-24-2
Ron Tugnutt (Nyi), 16 saves out of 21 shots, L, 13-15-3
Robert Esche (Nyi), 6 saves out of 7 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 4
Islanders 1 for 4

Game Stars

1 - Daniel Briere (Buf)
2 - Sylvain Lefebvre (Nyi)
3 - Johan Hedberg (Buf)

Player Statistics

Sabres G A P +/- PIM S IT --------------------------------------- T. GILL 0 1 1 +1 5 1 15 D. SEDIN 0 0 0 +1 0 0 6 S. GOMEZ 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 M. NASLUND 1 0 1 +1 0 3 30 T. MARCHANT 0 0 0 +1 2 1 20 D. MCAMMOND 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 J. MURPHY 0 0 0 +1 0 0 7 A. KARPOVTSEV 0 0 0 +1 2 1 23 J. LAUKKANEN 0 1 1 +2 0 0 26 J. LANGENBRUNN 0 2 2 +1 0 0 7 D. BRIERE 3 0 3 +2 0 7 24 S. DOAN 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18 C. COLAIACOVO 0 2 2 +1 0 1 18 L. MURPHY 0 2 2 +1 0 4 21 R. SUCHY 0 0 0 +1 0 0 10 R. UMBERGER 0 1 1 +1 0 3 10 E. KNUTSEN 1 0 1 +1 2 3 14 W. WALZ 0 1 1 +1 0 1 6

Islanders G A P +/- PIM S IT --------------------------------------- D. AUDETTE 0 0 0 -2 2 3 21 E. LINDROS 0 1 1 Even 0 1 14 D. WEIGHT 0 1 1 -2 0 2 33 J. DUMONT 0 0 0 -2 0 3 20 T. STEVENSON 0 0 0 -2 0 1 15 J. NIEUWENDYK 0 0 0 Even 2 4 20 M. GELINAS 0 0 0 -1 0 3 25 P. HOUSLEY 0 0 0 Even 0 1 9 S. THORNTON 0 0 0 Even 0 2 6 S. COTE 0 2 2 Even 0 0 17 S. RUCCHIN 0 0 0 -2 0 1 12 K. BUCHBERGER 0 0 0 -2 0 0 14 S. LEFEBVRE 2 0 2 Even 2 3 16 T. NUMMINEN 0 0 0 -2 0 1 28 R. SMEHLIK 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16 Z. CHARA 0 0 0 -2 0 1 19 D. PEDERSON 0 0 0 Even 0 1 6 J. MODRY 0 0 0 -1 15 0 5

Financial

Attendance: 12139
Net Profit: $819 382,00

Game Notes

Jamie Langenbrunner injured at 01:59 of the 2nd Period
Jaroslav Modry ejected at 01:59 of the 2nd Period
Robert Esche enters game at 03:51 of 3rd period
Daniel Briere scores a hat trick