Period 1
1. SABRES, SHEPPARD 4 (TONELLI, O'CONNELL), 02:01
2. DEVILS, MACDERMID 10 (BROTEN, BODGER), 13:41
3. SABRES, GALLEY 6 (HOUSLEY, MOGILNY), 14:11
4. DEVILS, BALDERIS 3 (VILGRAIN, WEINRICH), 15:34
5. DEVILS, DANEYKO 1 (DRIVER, MULLER), 18:58

PENALTIES: S. KONROYD BUF (ELBOWING, Minor) 01:00, B. SHANAHAN NJ (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 01:00, J. TONELLI BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 07:46, P. MACDERMID NJ (BOARDING, Double Minor) 07:46, H. BALDERIS NJ (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 16:12

Period 2
6. SABRES, HOUSLEY 7 (ANDREYCHUK, TUCKER), 02:12
7. DEVILS, BROTEN 6 (MACLEAN, YSEBAERT) (PP), 06:43
8. DEVILS, DRIVER 1 (TODD, OJANEN), 12:54

PENALTIES: M. O'CONNELL BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 04:13, B. BROOKE BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Major, Game Misconduct) 04:57 (Served by Phil Housley), S. ARNIEL BUF (GOALIE INTERERENCE, Minor) 06:39, L. BOSCHMAN BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 13:43

Period 3
9. DEVILS, BALDERIS 4 (YSEBAERT, BODGER), 10:28
10. SABRES, PIVONKA 6 (SHEPPARD, GALLEY) (PP), 11:34

PENALTIES: D. ANDREYCHUK BUF (HIGHSTICKING, Minor) 00:27, K. MULLER NJ (ROUGHING, Minor) 00:27, J. TONELLI BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 00:45, R. VELISCHEK NJ (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 11:06

Goalie Statistics

Réjean Lemelin (BUF), 15 saves out of 16 shots
Kirk McLean (BUF), 13 saves out of 18 shots, L, 5-5-1
Sean Burke (NJ ), 29 saves out of 33 shots, W, 8-3-1

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 1 for 3
Devils 1 for 5

Game Stars

1 - Helmut Balderis (NJ )
2 - Aaron Broten (NJ )
3 - Paul Ysebaert (NJ )

Player Statistics

Sabres G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Pat LaFontaine 0 0 0 -3 0 7 0 18 Garry Galley 1 1 2 -2 0 2 2 31 Steve Ludzik 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0 Dave Andreychuk 0 1 1 -2 2 3 6 22 Scott Arniel 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 18 Bob Brooke 0 0 0 +1 15 2 1 10 Laurie Boschman 0 0 0 Even 2 1 0 12 Michal Pivonka 1 0 1 Even 0 4 2 18 Alexander Mogilny 0 1 1 -3 0 4 0 18 Ray Sheppard 1 1 2 Even 0 3 0 19 Doug Brown 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 16 John Tonelli 0 1 1 Even 4 3 2 19 Mike O'Connell 0 1 1 Even 2 0 1 25 Phil Housley 1 1 2 -2 0 4 1 28 Steve Konroyd 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 26 Wayne Presley 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 4 John Tucker 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 4

Devils G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Aaron Broten 1 1 2 +1 0 4 3 22 Janne Ojanen 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 5 Kevin Todd 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 5 Brendan Shanahan 0 0 0 Even 2 3 2 24 Paul MacDermid 1 0 1 Even 4 2 0 6 Reijo Ruotsalainen 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 7 Paul Ysebaert 0 2 2 +1 0 4 1 18 John MacLean 0 1 1 Even 0 3 5 24 Doug Bodger 0 2 2 +1 0 1 4 19 Kirk Muller 0 1 1 Even 2 2 1 23 Bob Errey 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 10 Helmut Balderis 2 0 2 +1 2 3 0 19 Claude Vilgrain 0 1 1 Even 0 1 1 10 Bruce Driver 1 1 2 +1 0 2 2 24 Sylvain Côté 0 0 0 +2 0 2 2 22 Ken Daneyko 1 0 1 Even 0 2 4 22 Eric Weinrich 0 1 1 Even 0 2 3 17 Randy Velischek 0 0 0 Even 2 0 0 15

Financial

Attendance: 19040
Net Profit: $167 552,00

Game Notes

Paul MacDermid injured at 04:57 of the 2nd Period
Bob Brooke ejected at 04:57 of the 2nd Period
Réjean Lemelin enters game at 12:54 of 2nd period
Reijo Ruotsalainen injured at 05:14 of the 3rd Period

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      2
Utica          1
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François Guay 5 (Darrin Shannon, Steve Martinson)
Joel Savage 4 (Mike Hartman, Rob Ray)

Jeff Madill 6 (Jarrod Skalde, Jon Morris)

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Goalies
Rochester: Brian Ford
Utica: Frédéric Chabot
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