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April 24, 1998

CoreStates Center | Philadelphia

BUF 23 PHI

FINAL

Head-to-Head vs PHI all-timeFull Round 1 series breakdown
1ST2ND3RDT
BUF0022
PHI1113
Shots on goal BUF 27, PHI 38W S. BurkeL D. Hasek
Summary

PHI had more shots on goal in all situations and won 3-2.

IN NET
Buffalo D. Hasek .921
PHI S. Burke .926
POWER PLAY
Buffalo 1 of 6
PHI 1 of 10
TURNING POINT
J. LeClair goal (P3 16:28), Sabres win chance drops from 43% to 5%
WIN DNA
1 of 4 winning traits
Game Leaders
D. Ward
1 (1G)
POINTS
D. Plante
21:34
TOI (F)
A. Zhitnik
28:50
TOI (D)
D. Hasek
.921 (35/38)
SAVE %

Stats by Period

All situations, by period.

BUFPHI

Shots on goal are counted from the play-by-play, which on a few games sits one shot off the box score line in the header and Team Stats.

Game Flow

Running shot attempts for and against, all situations. Shading shows who led.

Tied for only 13 minutes, too few for a score-tied view.

P3 20:00
+13+70-7-13shot attemptsBUFPHI

Dots are goals, navy for Buffalo.

How this is measured

Score-adjusted weights each attempt by how often teams take one in that score state, home or away, at that point of the game, league-wide (2016-17 to 2025-26): the share as if the game were tied at a neutral site. Score-tied counts only attempts while tied, and needs 15 tied minutes and 30 attempts.

Win Probability

Buffalo's chance of winning, from the score, the time left and the strength state.

Opened at 43%.

P3 20:00
100%75%50%25%0%Buffalo win chanceBUFPHI
BIGGEST SWINGS
  1. P3 16:28J. LeClair (1) 43% to 5%-38
  2. P3 09:22D. Ward (1) 12% to 46%+34
  3. P1 05:24E. Lindros (1) 43% to 25%-18
  4. P2 04:07C. Gratton (2) 22% to 9%-13

Dots are goals, diamonds penalties, squares a goalie pull; navy for Buffalo.

How this is measured

Each team is expected to score at the league rate for the season, tilted for home ice and scaled for the strength state. The chance Buffalo ends regulation ahead follows from the score and the time left, with a tie going to sudden-death overtime. The opening value comes from both teams' regular-season goals for and against, plus home ice. This feed carries no on-ice strength codes, so power plays are read from the penalty calls alone.

Win DNA

1 of 4 winning traits showed up tonight. Win rates are over the full 1997–98 regular season (82 games).

Wins (36)Losses (29, 1 in overtime)This game
3+ scorersD combined 3+ ptsScored firstDepth goal50%100%
No
3+ different scorers
Sabres win 89% when yes, 32% when no
No
Defensemen combined for 3+ points
Sabres win 85% when yes, 42% when no
No
Scored first
Sabres win 79% when yes, 29% when no
Yes
Depth forward scored
Sabres win 66% when yes, 43% when no

Box Score

Player
G
A
P
+/-
PIM
SOG
Game Score
TOI
GS
#15 D. Ward (LW)
1
0
1
+1
2
4
1.3
15:41
#18 M. Grosek (LW)
1
0
1
-1
4
1
0.5
15:44
#26 D. Plante (C)
0
1
1
0
2
2
0.8
21:34
#36 M. Barnaby (RW)
0
1
1
0
12
1
0.5
14:55
#19 B. Holzinger (C)
0
0
0
0
6
4
0.0
16:42
#22 W. Primeau (C)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.1
10:17
#25 V. Varada (RW)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.2
11:36
#28 D. Audette (RW)
0
0
0
-2
0
1
0.1
17:42
#32 R. Ray (RW)
0
0
0
0
22
0
-0.4
3:37
#37 C. Brown (C)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0
16:56
#80 G. Sanderson (LW)
0
0
0
0
0
5
0.4
16:39
#81 M. Satan (RW)
0
0
0
-1
0
2
0.2
4:45
#4 M. Wilson (D)
0
0
0
-1
2
1
0.0
15:18
#5 J. Woolley (D)
0
0
0
-1
0
2
0.2
12:25
#6 R. Boughner (D)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0.2
7:38
#8 D. Shannon (D)
0
0
0
-1
0
0
0.3
23:42
#42 R. Smehlik (D)
0
0
0
+1
0
0
0.0
25:38
#44 A. Zhitnik (D)
0
0
0
0
4
0
-0.2
28:50
Total
2
2
4
54
27
3.8
GoalieSAGAxGASV%GSAxGSTOIDec
#39 D. Hasek383.9211.359:56L

Team Stats

BUFPHI
27Shots on Goal38
6Power Play Chances10
17%PP%10%
90%PK%83%
1PPG1
54Penalty Minutes14
12Hits19
13Blocked Shots10
18Giveaways16
14Takeaways14

Full Game Log

1ST
05:24GOAL (PHI): Eric Lindros (1), assists: Dan Mcgillis, Rod Brind'Amour
2ND
04:07GOAL (PHI): Chris Gratton (2), unassisted
3RD
02:33GOAL (BUF): Michal Grosek (2), assists: Matthew Barnaby, Derek Plante
09:22GOAL (BUF): Dixon Ward (1), unassisted
16:28GOAL (PHI): John LeClair (1), assists: Eric Lindros, Eric Desjardins
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