1–5

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BOS	1	0	0	1
BUF	2	1	2	5

Bruins at Sabres

Sabres beat Bruins 5–1 at KeyBank Center on February 23, 1997.

🗓 Sun, Feb 23, 1997 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Matthew Barnaby

1 G, 2 A

1 shots · +3

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Michal Grosek

2 G

3 shots · +3

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Brian Holzinger

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Michal Grosek Go-ahead 1st · 02:18

Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Garry Galley

0–1

🐻 Sandy Moger Tying 1st · 10:31

Assists: Ted Donato, Jozef Stumpel

1–1

⚔️ Dixon Ward Go-ahead 1st · 17:02

Assists: Donald Audette, Brian Holzinger

1–2

2nd period

⚔️ Brian Holzinger 2nd · 05:28

Assists: Dixon Ward, Donald Audette

1–3

3rd period

⚔️ Matthew Barnaby 3rd · 03:16

Assists: Derek Plante, Alexei Zhitnik

1–4

⚔️ Michal Grosek 3rd · 10:13

Assists: Matthew Barnaby, Derek Plante

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐻BOS BUF⚔️

22 Shots on goal 23

31 Penalty minutes 47

BOS shooting 4.5% (1/22) BUF shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐻Bruins

Bill Ranford

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 50:13 TOI

Robbie Tallas

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 09:47 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–2

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–3

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

3–2 (OT) · Sabres won

1–2 (OT) · Sabres won

Feb 3, 1996

⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS

2–4 · Bruins won

❓ BOS vs BUF, answered

Who won Bruins vs Sabres on February 23, 1997?

Sabres won 5–1.

What was the final score of Bruins vs Sabres?

The final score was Bruins 1, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Bruins?

Sandy Moger.

Who scored for Sabres?

Michal Grosek (2), Brian Holzinger, Dixon Ward, Matthew Barnaby.

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Bill Ranford made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Bruins vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Bruins vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Feb 20

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Feb 21

Also on February 23, 1997

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