Pittsburgh            0 1 0--1
Buffalo               1 1 1--3

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Buffalo, D Ward 19 (Peca, Brown), 10:40
Penalties:
  Andrusak, PIT (hooking), 11:09
  Varada, BUF (ob hooking), 13:41

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  2, Buffalo, Woolley 7 (Varada, Barnes), 2:28
  3, Pittsburgh, Brown 12 (Kesa, Dollas), 11:29
Penalties:
  Butenschon, PIT (closing hand on puck), 5:03
  Juneau, BUF (interference), 11:47
  M Barnaby, PIT (ob hooking), 14:41

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  4, Buffalo, Smehlik 2 (empty net) (Zhitnik), 19:35
Penalties:
  Grosek, BUF (ob hooking), 1:21
  Pittsburgh bench, served by Brown (too many men on the ice), 2:58
  Satan, BUF (hooking), 3:27
  Wright, PIT (gross misconduct), 20:00

Shots on Goal:
  Pittsburgh             6  9 11--26
  Buffalo                4 12  6--22

Goalies:
  Pittsburgh, Skudra (21 shots, 19 saves; record: 15-10-5)
  Buffalo, Hasek (26, 25; record: 28-17-12)

Power-play conversions: PIT - 0 of 4, BUF - 0 of 4
Referees: Van Massenhoven
Linesmen: Driscoll, Parker
Attendance: 18,595 (Sellout)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Pittsburgh                            Buffalo
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
A Morozov      0   0   even   2       B Holzinger    0   0   -1     3
Andrusak       0   0   even   0       Barnes         0   1   +1     2
Brown          1   0   -1     3       Brown          0   1   +1     1
Butenschon     0   0   even   0       D Ward         1   0   +1     2
Dollas         0   1   -1     1       Grosek         0   0   even   0
Hatcher        0   0   -1     4       Juneau         0   0   +1     0
Hrdina         0   0   -1     0       McKee          0   0   +1     1
Jagr           0   0   -2     5       Peca           0   1   +2     1
Kesa           0   1   even   0       Primeau        0   0   even   0
Kovalev        0   0   even   2       R Warrener     0   0   +1     3
M Barnaby      0   0   even   2       Ray            0   0   even   0
Miller         0   0   -2     1       Sanderson      0   0   even   2
Slegr          0   0   -2     1       Satan          0   0   -1     3
Sonnenberg     0   0   even   1       Shannon        0   0   even   0
Straka         0   0   -1     0       Smehlik        1   0   +1     1
Titov          0   0   even   4       Varada         0   1   +2     0
Werenka        0   0   even   0       Woolley        1   0   even   3
Wright         0   0   even   0       Zhitnik        0   1   +1     0
Wilkinson      Groin                  Patrick        Healthy
Lang           Ankle Injury           Kruse          Healthy
Ignatjev       Shoulder               Grand-pierre   Healthy
I Moran        Ankle Injury
Galanov        Shoulder