Buffalo               0 3 0--3
Pittsburgh            2 0 3--5

FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring:
  1, Pittsburgh, Miller 7 (Jagr, Slegr), 0:32
  2, Pittsburgh, Hatcher 9 (power play) (Jagr, Miller), 17:41
Penalties:
  B Holzinger, BUF (slashing), 5:00
  Patrick, BUF (roughing), 8:17
  Kasparaitis, PIT (cross checking), 12:27
  *Varada, BUF (charging), 16:02
  *Dollas, PIT (ob hold stick), 18:54

SECOND PERIOD -- Scoring:
  3, Buffalo, Woolley 4 (power play) (Zhitnik, Varada), 0:29
  4, Buffalo, B Holzinger 15 (unassisted), 9:12
  5, Buffalo, Satan 20 (Grosek, Plante), 19:56
Penalties:
  Hasek, BUF served by Varada (Delay of game), 6:59
  Grosek, BUF (elbowing), 10:50
  Jagr, PIT (tripping), 12:27

THIRD PERIOD -- Scoring:
  6, Pittsburgh, Hrdina 8 (power play) (Jagr, Kovalev), 13:59
  7, Pittsburgh, Miller 8 (Jagr, Hrdina), 15:11
  8, Pittsburgh, Jagr 21 (empty net) (Miller, Hrdina), 19:59
Penalties:
  *Satan, BUF (high sticking), 12:09

Shots on Goal:
  Buffalo                7 18  9--34
  Pittsburgh            12  7 10--29

Goalies:
  Buffalo, Hasek (28 shots, 24 saves; record: 23-12-8)
  Pittsburgh, Skudra (34, 31; record: 8-4-3)

Power-play conversions: BUF - 1 of 3, PIT - 2 of 6
Referees: McGeough, Stewart
Linesmen: Driscoll, Nelson
Attendance: 14,106 (out of 17,181)

                             Player Stats
                             ------ -----
Buffalo                               Pittsburgh
               G   A   +/-  Shots                    G   A   +/-  Shots
B Holzinger    1   0   even   4       A Morozov      0   0   even   1
Brown          0   0   -1     4       Barnes         0   0   even   3
Grosek         0   1   +1     2       Dollas         0   0   even   0
Kruse          0   0   even   3       Hatcher        1   0   +1     3
McKee          0   0   +1     0       Hrdina         1   2   +3     1
Patrick        0   0   even   3       I Moran        0   0   even   2
Peca           0   0   -2     0       Jagr           1   4   +1     5
Plante         0   1   +2     0       Kasparaitis    0   0   -1     0
Primeau        0   0   -1     0       Kovalev        0   1   even   2
Ray            0   0   even   2       Lang           0   0   even   2
Sanderson      0   0   even   3       Miller         2   2   +1     7
Satan          1   0   even   3       Slegr          0   1   +2     1
Shannon        0   0   +1     1       Sonnenberg     0   0   even   0
Smehlik        0   0   -1     0       Straka         0   0   -2     1
Varada         0   1   -2     2       Titov          0   0   even   1
Ward           0   0   -1     3       Werenka        0   0   even   0
Woolley        1   0   -1     2       Wilkinson      0   0   even   0
Zhitnik        0   1   -2     2       Wright         0   0   even   0
Wilson         Healthy                Kesa           Healthy
Rasmussen      Healthy                Serowik        Concussion
Barnaby        Healthy                Galanov        Shoulder
                                      Brown          Foot Injury
                                      Ignatjev       Shoulder