1997–98 Buffalo Sabres season

Northeast Division
No.		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
2	Boston Bruins	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
3	Buffalo Sabres	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
4	Montreal Canadiens	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
5	Ottawa Senators	82	34	33	15	193	200	83
6	Carolina Hurricanes	82	33	41	8	200	219	74

Eastern Conference^[4]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1	New Jersey Devils	ATL	82	48	23	11	225	166	107
2	Pittsburgh Penguins	NE	82	40	24	18	228	188	98
3	Philadelphia Flyers	ATL	82	42	29	11	242	193	95
4	Washington Capitals	ATL	82	40	30	12	219	202	92
5	Boston Bruins	NE	82	39	30	13	221	194	91
6	Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	36	29	17	211	187	89
7	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	37	32	13	235	208	87
8	Ottawa Senators	NE	82	34	33	15	193	200	83

9	Carolina Hurricanes	NE	82	33	41	8	200	219	74
10	New York Islanders	ATL	82	30	41	11	212	225	71
11	New York Rangers	ATL	82	25	39	18	197	231	68
12	Florida Panthers	ATL	82	24	43	15	203	256	63
13	Tampa Bay Lightning	ATL	82	17	55	10	151	269	44

Divisions: ATL – Atlantic, NE – Northeast

bold – Qualified for playoffs

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	October 1, 1997	3–1	@ St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	1–0–0
2	L	October 3, 1997	2–6	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	1–1–0
3	T	October 5, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	1–1–1
4	L	October 7, 1997	2–4	Dallas Stars (1997–98)	1–2–1
5	W	October 9, 1997	5–2	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	2–2–1
6	L	October 11, 1997	2–3	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	2–3–1
7	T	October 15, 1997	3–3 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	2–3–2
8	L	October 17, 1997	1–5	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	2–4–2
9	L	October 19, 1997	2–5	@ Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	2–5–2
10	W	October 22, 1997	4–1	Calgary Flames (1997–98)	3–5–2
11	L	October 26, 1997	1–6	@ Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	3–6–2
12	L	October 28, 1997	2–3	@ Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	3–7–2
13	W	October 31, 1997	3–2 OT	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	4–7–2
14	W	November 1, 1997	4–3 OT	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	5–7–2
15	L	November 6, 1997	2–4	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	5–8–2
16	T	November 8, 1997	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	5–8–3
17	T	November 10, 1997	4–4 OT	Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	5–8–4
18	L	November 13, 1997	2–3	Washington Capitals (1997–98)	5–9–4
19	L	November 15, 1997	2–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	5–10–4
20	W	November 20, 1997	5–0	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	6–10–4
21	W	November 22, 1997	6–1	New York Islanders (1997–98)	7–10–4
22	L	November 24, 1997	1–5	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	7–11–4
23	L	November 26, 1997	1–3	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	7–12–4
24	T	November 28, 1997	3–3 OT	New York Rangers (1997–98)	7–12–5
25	T	December 1, 1997	1–1 OT	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	7–12–6
26	W	December 3, 1997	4–0	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	8–12–6
27	W	December 5, 1997	4–0	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	9–12–6
28	L	December 6, 1997	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	9–13–6
29	L	December 11, 1997	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	9–14–6
30	W	December 12, 1997	3–2 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	10–14–6
31	L	December 15, 1997	4–8	@ Dallas Stars (1997–98)	10–15–6
32	L	December 17, 1997	0–4	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	10–16–6
33	W	December 19, 1997	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	11–16–6
34	W	December 21, 1997	2–0	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	12–16–6
35	L	December 23, 1997	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	12–17–6
36	W	December 26, 1997	3–0	New York Rangers (1997–98)	13–17–6
37	L	December 27, 1997	1–4	@ Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	13–18–6
38	L	December 29, 1997	1–3	New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	13–19–6
39	W	December 31, 1997	3–0	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	14–19–6
40	T	January 2, 1998	2–2 OT	Colorado Avalanche (1997–98)	14–19–7
41	W	January 7, 1998	3–2	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (1997–98)	15–19–7
42	T	January 8, 1998	2–2 OT	@ Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	15–19–8
43	L	January 10, 1998	2–5	@ San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	15–20–8
44	W	January 14, 1998	4–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	16–20–8
45	W	January 15, 1998	6–2	Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	17–20–8
46	L	January 20, 1998	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	17–21–8
47	W	January 21, 1998	2–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	18–21–8
48	W	January 23, 1998	4–1	Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	19–21–8
49	T	January 27, 1998	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (1997–98)	19–21–9
50	T	January 30, 1998	3–3 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (1997–98)	19–21–10
51	W	February 1, 1998	5–2	@ Florida Panthers (1997–98)	20–21–10
52	W	February 2, 1998	7–3	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (1997–98)	21–21–10
53	T	February 4, 1998	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	21–21–11
54	T	February 6, 1998	2–2 OT	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	21–21–12
55	W	February 7, 1998	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	22–21–12
56	T	February 25, 1998	2–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1997–98)	22–21–13
57	T	February 26, 1998	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1997–98)	22–21–14
58	W	March 1, 1998	3–0	@ Washington Capitals (1997–98)	23–21–14
59	W	March 2, 1998	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1997–98)	24–21–14
60	L	March 6, 1998	2–4	New York Islanders (1997–98)	24–22–14
61	W	March 7, 1998	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	25–22–14
62	T	March 10, 1998	2–2 OT	@ New York Islanders (1997–98)	25–22–15
63	W	March 12, 1998	3–1	San Jose Sharks (1997–98)	26–22–15
64	L	March 14, 1998	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	26–23–15
65	W	March 15, 1998	3–0	Pittsburgh Penguins (1997–98)	27–23–15
66	L	March 17, 1998	3–5	Chicago Blackhawks (1997–98)	27–24–15
67	W	March 19, 1998	6–1	Florida Panthers (1997–98)	28–24–15
68	L	March 21, 1998	1–2	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	28–25–15
69	W	March 24, 1998	2–0	@ Calgary Flames (1997–98)	29–25–15
70	W	March 26, 1998	5–2	@ Vancouver Canucks (1997–98)	30–25–15
71	W	March 27, 1998	1–0	@ Edmonton Oilers (1997–98)	31–25–15
72	L	March 29, 1998	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1997–98)	31–26–15
73	W	April 1, 1998	4–0	Los Angeles Kings (1997–98)	32–26–15
74	W	April 3, 1998	5–4	Boston Bruins (1997–98)	33–26–15
75	L	April 5, 1998	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	33–27–15
76	W	April 8, 1998	3–1	Carolina Hurricanes (1997–98)	34–27–15
77	W	April 10, 1998	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	35–27–15
78	T	April 11, 1998	4–4 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	35–27–16
79	W	April 13, 1998	2–1	Philadelphia Flyers (1997–98)	36–27–16
80	L	April 15, 1998	4–5 OT	@ New Jersey Devils (1997–98)	36–28–16
81	T	April 18, 1998	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1997–98)	36–28–17
82	L	April 19, 1998	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1997–98)	36–29–17

Playoffs

Main article: 1998 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-finals

Buffalo vs. Philadelphia
Date	Away	Home
April 22	Buffalo 3	2 Philadelphia
April 24	Buffalo 2	3 Philadelphia
April 27	Philadelphia 1	6 Buffalo
April 29	Philadelphia 1	4 Buffalo
May 1	Buffalo 3	2 Philadelphia	OT
Buffalo wins series 4–1

Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

Montreal vs. Buffalo
Date	Away	Home
May 8	Montreal 2	3 Buffalo	OT
May 10	Montreal 3	6 Buffalo
May 12	Buffalo 5	4 Montreal	2OT
May 14	Buffalo 3	1 Montreal
Buffalo wins series 4–0

Eastern Conference Finals

**Eastern Conference**
Buffalo vs. Washington
Date	Away	Home
May 23	Buffalo 2	0 Washington
May 25	Buffalo 2	3 Washington	OT
May 28	Washington 4	3 Buffalo	OT
May 30	Washington 2	0 Buffalo
June 2	Buffalo 2	1 Washington
June 4	Washington 3	2 Buffalo	OT
Washington wins series 4–2 and Prince of Wales Trophy

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	79	22	24	46	34	2	9	0	4
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	78	15	30	45	102	19	2	3	3
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	75	24	20	44	59	10	10	0	5
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	61	18	22	40	57	12	6	5	1
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	RW	68	19	17	36	36	10	4	1	3
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	69	14	21	35	36	-2	4	2	1
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	71	9	26	35	35	8	3	0	2
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	72	13	21	34	26	8	5	0	1
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	67	10	20	30	60	9	2	0	1
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	72	5	20	25	289	8	0	0	2
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	63	12	12	24	34	11	1	1	2
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	71	10	13	23	42	9	0	2	3
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	76	3	19	22	56	26	1	0	1
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	72	3	17	20	62	11	0	1	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	56	1	13	14	42	-1	0	0	0
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	69	6	6	12	87	9	2	0	1
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	27	5	6	11	15	0	0	0	1
May, BradBrad May	LW	36	4	7	11	113	2	0	0	0
Burridge, RandyRandy Burridge	LW	30	4	6	10	0	0	1	0	1
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	26	4	5	9	20	6	0	0	2
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	66	4	4	8	48	13	0	0	1
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	63	2	4	6	234	2	1	0	1
Rasmussen, ErikErik Rasmussen	LW/C	21	2	3	5	14	2	0	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	69	1	3	4	165	5	0	0	0
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse	LW	12	1	1	2	49	1	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	72	0	2	2	12	0	0	0	0
Hurlbut, MikeMike Hurlbut	D	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Ndur, RumunRumun Ndur	D	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0
Nichol, ScottScott Nichol	C	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	G	16	0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	4220	72	33	23	13	147	2.09	13	2149	2002	.932
Shields, SteveSteve Shields	785	16	3	6	4	37	2.83	0	408	371	.909
Team:	5005	82	36	29	17	184	2.21	13	2557	2373	.928

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
Barnaby, MatthewMatthew Barnaby	RW	15	7	6	13	22	6	3	0	1
Audette, DonaldDonald Audette	RW	15	5	8	13	10	-4	3	0	2
Holzinger, BrianBrian Holzinger	C	15	4	7	11	18	-2	1	1	0
Ward, DixonDixon Ward	RW	15	3	8	11	6	8	0	0	0
Woolley, JasonJason Woolley	D	15	2	9	11	12	8	1	0	1
Grosek, MichalMichal Grosek	LW	15	6	4	10	28	5	2	0	3
Satan, MiroslavMiroslav Satan	LW	14	5	4	9	4	-9	4	0	1
Varada, VaclavVaclav Varada	RW	15	3	4	7	18	3	0	0	0
Shannon, DarrylDarryl Shannon	D	15	2	4	6	8	0	0	1	0
Peca, MichaelMichael Peca	C	13	3	2	5	8	4	0	0	1
Sanderson, GeoffGeoff Sanderson	LW	14	3	1	4	4	0	1	0	1
Primeau, WayneWayne Primeau	C	14	1	3	4	6	-1	0	0	0
Boughner, BobBob Boughner	D	14	0	4	4	15	9	0	0	0
Brown, CurtisCurtis Brown	C/LW	13	1	2	3	10	6	1	0	0
Plante, DerekDerek Plante	C	11	0	3	3	10	1	0	0	0
Zhitnik, AlexeiAlexei Zhitnik	D	15	0	3	3	36	1	0	0	0
Smehlik, RichardRichard Smehlik	D	15	0	2	2	6	3	0	0	0
Kruse, PaulPaul Kruse	LW	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0
Wilson, MikeMike Wilson	D	15	0	1	1	13	-4	0	0	0
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	G	15	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
McKee, JayJay McKee	D	1	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0
Ray, RobRob Ray	RW	10	0	0	0	24	-2	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV	SV%
Hasek, DominikDominik Hasek	948	15	10	5	32	2.03	1	514	482	.938
Team:	948	15	10	5	32	2.03	1	514	482	.938

^[5]

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Hart Memorial Trophy: || Dominik Hasek,
Lester B. Pearson Award: || Dominik Hasek
Vezina Trophy: || Dominik Hasek
Dominik Hasek, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star^[6]

NHL All-Star Game

Dominik Hasek, World Team

Draft picks

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	21	Mika Noronen (G)	Finland	Tappara (SM-liiga)

References

Sabres on Hockey Database

↑ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/199803190BUF.html
↑ http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BUF/1998.html
↑ "1997–1998 Conference Standings". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
↑ "1997-98 Buffalo Sabres Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
↑ National Hockey League Official Guide and Record Book 2006, p. 237, Dan Diamond & Associates, Toronto, Ontario, ISBN 0-920445-98-5

Buffalo Sabres

Founded in 1970 Based in Buffalo, New York

Franchise	Team General Managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner Terrence Pegula President Russ Brandon General Manager Tim Murray Head coach Dan Bylsma Team captain Brian Gionta Current roster

Arenas	Buffalo Memorial Auditorium HarborCenter (practice) First Niagara Center

Affiliates	AHL Rochester Americans ECHL Elmira Jackals

Owners	Knox/Knox/Swados/Strawbridge Rigas Golisano/Quinn Pegula

General managers	Imlach Anderson Bowman Meehan Muckler Regier LaFontaine (de facto) Murray

Head coaches	Imlach Smith Crozier Smith Pronovost Inglis Bowman Neilson Roberts Bowman Schoenfeld Bowman Ramsay Sator Dudley Muckler Nolan Ruff Rolston Nolan Bylsma

Media	Sabres Hockey Network WGR 550 MSG Network Broadcasters

Culture and lore	"The French Connection" Ted Darling Rick Jeanneret The Fog Game No Goal 2008 NHL Winter Classic 2011 NHL Premiere Taro Tsujimoto Ronan Tynan Ryan Vinz Hockey Night Live! HarborCenter Buffalo Sabres Alumni Hockey Team Buffalo Jr. Sabres Buffalo Bandits Sabretooth Sabre Dance

Buffalo Sabres seasons

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

1997–98 NHL season

Northeast Division	Boston Buffalo Carolina Montreal Ottawa Pittsburgh

Atlantic Division	Florida New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Tampa Bay Washington

Central Division	Chicago Dallas Detroit Phoenix St. Louis Toronto

Pacific Division	Anaheim Calgary Colorado Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver

See also	Draft All-Star Game Stanley Cup Playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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