Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Fri, Mar 28, 1997 · Joe Louis Arena · 1996–97 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final/OT

Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 in overtime on Fri, Mar 28, 1997 at Joe Louis Arena. Steve Yzerman led the way with 2 points. Mike Vernon made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–41.

Linescore

Team	T	SOG
BUF	1	22
DET	2	41

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
36	Matthew Barnaby	R	1	0	1	+1	4	2
18	Michal Grosek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1
26	Derek Plante	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3
4	Mike Wilson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	Jason Dawe	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1
3	Garry Galley	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
8	Darryl Shannon	D	0	0	0	0	0	1
27	Michael Peca	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0
10	Brad May	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1
81	Miroslav Satan	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
32	Rob Ray	R	0	0	0	0	2	0
42	Richard Smehlik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1
15	Dixon Ward	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
44	Alexei Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	0	0	6
76	Wayne Primeau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1
6	Bob Boughner	D	0	0	0	0	4	0
28	Donald Audette	R	0	0	0	0	2	1
19	Brian Holzinger	C	0	0	0	0	0	1

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Steve Shields	L	41	39	2	.951	63:10
63	Scott Buhler		0	0	0

Detroit Red Wings

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG
19	Steve Yzerman	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3
20	Martin Lapointe	R	0	1	1	0	2	4
5	Nicklas Lidstrom	D	0	1	1	0	0	3
91	Sergei Fedorov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0
55	Larry Murphy	D	1	0	1	+1	0	6
16	Vladimir Konstantinov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2
15	Tomas Holmstrom	L	0	0	0	0	0	2
27	Aaron Ward	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2
18	Kirk Maltby	L	0	0	0	0	15	0
14	Brendan Shanahan	L	0	0	0	0	0	4
25	Darren McCarty	R	0	0	0	0	4	2
11	Mathieu Dandenault	R	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Tim Taylor	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0
4	Jamie Pushor	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1
8	Igor Larionov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3
26	Joey Kocur	R	0	0	0	0	4	2
28	Tomas Sandstrom	R	0	0	0	0	0	4
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Mike Vernon	W	22	21	1	.955	63:10
30	Chris Osgood		0	0	0