Period 1
1. SABRES, HOUSLEY 13 (UNASSISTED), 06:12
2. SABRES, PIVONKA 12 (O'CONNELL, MOGILNY) (PP), 07:28
3. SABRES, ANDREYCHUK 15 (UNASSISTED), 08:26
4. DEVILS, YSEBAERT 10 (MACLEAN, BODGER), 09:16
5. DEVILS, MACLEAN 11 (BROTEN, SHANAHAN), 10:47
6. SABRES, SKRIKO 5 (O'CONNELL, PIVONKA), 18:18
7. SABRES, SHEPPARD 11 (TONELLI, PIVONKA), 19:46

PENALTIES: J. MACLEAN NJ (CHARGING, Minor) 07:20, J. MACLEAN NJ (CHARGING, Minor) 15:33

Period 2
8. DEVILS, BROTEN 12 (RUOTSALAINEN, DRIVER), 04:30
9. SABRES, HOUSLEY 14 (ANDREYCHUK, LAFONTAINE), 06:23
10. DEVILS, YSEBAERT 11 (TODD, BODGER), 11:00
11. SABRES, HOUSLEY 15 (LAFONTAINE, ANDREYCHUK), 17:51
12. DEVILS, SHANAHAN 15 (DRIVER, BALDERIS), 18:35

PENALTIES: G. GALLEY BUF (ROUGHING, Minor) 01:31, C. VILGRAIN NJ (BOARDING, Minor) 07:25

Period 3
13. SABRES, GALLEY 9 (LAFONTAINE, BROOKE) (PP), 03:35
14. DEVILS, BODGER 8 (YSEBAERT, TODD), 05:14
15. SABRES, LAFONTAINE 17 (MOGILNY), 06:23

PENALTIES: H. BALDERIS NJ (ROUGHING, Double Minor) 00:22, S. KONROYD BUF (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 17:08

Goalie Statistics

Réjean Lemelin (BUF), 15 saves out of 20 shots, W, 8-4-2
Kirk McLean (BUF), 7 saves out of 8 shots
Sean Burke (NJ ), 4 saves out of 9 shots, L, 13-8-2
Craig Billington (NJ ), 17 saves out of 21 shots

Power Play Conversions

Sabres 2 for 4
Devils 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Phil Housley (BUF)
2 - Pat LaFontaine (BUF)
3 - Doug Bodger (NJ )

Player Statistics

Sabres G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Pat LaFontaine 1 3 4 +1 0 3 0 18 Garry Galley 1 0 1 Even 2 2 6 23 Steve Ludzik 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 5 Dave Andreychuk 1 2 3 Even 0 2 1 25 Petri Skriko 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 17 Marc Bergevin 0 0 0 +1 0 1 6 21 Bob Brooke 0 1 1 +1 0 0 3 22 Laurie Boschman 0 0 0 Even 0 0 1 15 Michal Pivonka 1 2 3 +1 0 3 6 21 Alexander Mogilny 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 16 Ray Sheppard 1 0 1 +1 0 4 1 20 Doug Brown 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 7 John Tonelli 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 20 Mike O'Connell 0 2 2 Even 0 3 1 18 Phil Housley 3 0 3 Even 0 6 1 22 Steve Konroyd 0 0 0 Even 2 1 2 14 Larry Playfair 0 0 0 Even 0 0 0 0 Mike Eagles 0 0 0 Even 0 0 3 13

Devils G A P +/- PIM S HT IT ------------------------------------------------- Aaron Broten 1 1 2 +2 0 3 2 18 Kevin Todd 0 2 2 +1 0 1 2 17 Brendan Shanahan 1 1 2 -1 0 1 2 19 David Maley 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 13 Reijo Ruotsalainen 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 12 Paul Ysebaert 2 1 3 Even 0 3 0 20 John MacLean 1 1 2 -2 4 1 2 24 Doug Bodger 1 2 3 +1 0 4 2 22 Bob Errey 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 7 Helmut Balderis 0 1 1 +3 4 2 1 21 Claude Vilgrain 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 14 Bruce Driver 0 2 2 Even 0 3 1 20 Sylvain Côté 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 26 Kris King 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 6 Ken Daneyko 0 0 0 Even 0 3 5 22 Eric Weinrich 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15 Jamie Huscroft 0 0 0 Even 0 1 0 15

Financial

Attendance: 19040
Net Profit: $167 552,00

Game Notes

Craig Billington enters game at 19:46 of 1st period
Kirk McLean enters game at 18:35 of 2nd period
Phil Housley scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Rochester      5
Utica          1
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Curt Fraser 3 (Bob Corkum, Jeff Parker)
Scott Metcalfe 7 (Brad Miller, Jiri Sejba)
Curt Fraser 4 (François Guay, Ken Priestlay)
Jeff Parker 8 (Darcy Loewen, Mike Hartman)
Ray Neufeld 6 (Steve Martinson, David Fenyves)

Myles O'Connor 9 (Jason Miller, Peter Sundstrom)

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Goalies
Rochester: Brian Ford
Utica: Frédéric Chabot
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