⭐ Away Stars 1-1-0 before this game
4–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 2-1-0 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
DAL 3104
BUF 1012

Stars at Sabres

Stars beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on October 7, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Oct 7, 1997 · 18:00 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Stars lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⭐ DAL
Jere Lehtinen
2 G
3 shots · 18:39 TOI · +4
2nd star ⭐ DAL
Mike Modano
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:43 TOI · +3
3rd star ⭐ DAL
Sergei Zubov
2 A
4 shots · 27:22 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⭐ Mike Modano Go-ahead 1st · 00:55
Assists: Sergei Zubov, Darryl Sydor · beat Dominik Hasek
1–0
⭐ Greg Adams 1st · 03:37
Assists: Mike Modano, Sergei Zubov · beat Dominik Hasek
2–0
⚔️ Miroslav Satan 1st · 07:09
Assists: Curtis Brown, Richard Smehlik · beat Ed Belfour
2–1
⭐ Jere Lehtinen SH 1st · 15:02
Unassisted · beat Dominik Hasek
3–1
2nd period
⭐ Jere Lehtinen 2nd · 05:56
Assists: Darryl Sydor · beat Dominik Hasek
4–1
3rd period
⚔️ Wayne Primeau 3rd · 09:54
Assists: Dixon Ward, Donald Audette · beat Ed Belfour
4–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⭐DAL BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 17
12 Hits 16
9 Blocked shots 11
9 Takeaways 14
10 Giveaways 38
6 Penalty minutes 8
DAL shooting 13.3% (4/30) BUF shooting 11.8% (2/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⭐Stars
Ed Belfour
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:50 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:58 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 3–1
Stars
Stars: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 4–1
Stars
Stars: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⭐Stars
L1 Adams · Modano · Lehtinen 18:39
L2 Reid · Nieuwendyk · Verbeek 14:44
L3 Bassen · Carbonneau · Langenbrunner 13:49
L4 Hogue · Marshall · Harvey 12:18
D1 Zubov · Sydor 25:27
D2 Matvichuk · Ludwig 19:12
D3 Muni · Gusev 15:08
⚔️Sabres
L1 Holzinger · Dawe · Audette 18:49
L2 Ward · Burridge · Rasmussen 14:37
L3 Grosek · Barnaby · Satan 12:48
L4 Primeau · Brown · Ray 10:14
D1 McKee · Shannon 23:20
D2 Smehlik · Wilson 22:05
D3 Boughner · Hurlbut 13:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Stars lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Jan 31, 1997
⭐DAL @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 · Sabres won
Oct 30, 1996
⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL
0–2 · Stars won
Nov 15, 1995
⭐DAL @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Oct 24, 1995
⚔️BUF @ ⭐DAL
0–3 · Stars won
Feb 13, 1994
⭐DAL @ ⚔️BUF
5–3 · Stars won

❓ DAL vs BUF, answered

Who won Stars vs Sabres on October 7, 1997?

Stars won 4–2.

What was the final score of Stars vs Sabres?

The final score was Stars 4, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Stars?

Jere Lehtinen (2), Greg Adams, Mike Modano.

Who scored for Sabres?

Miroslav Satan, Wayne Primeau.

How did the Stars goalie play?

Ed Belfour made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Stars vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Stars vs Sabres season series?

Stars lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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
⭐Stars
Previous game · Oct 4
🎵STL @ ⭐DAL
2–1 · STL won
Next game · Oct 8
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
1–3 · DET won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Oct 5
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
1–1 · BUF won
Next game · Oct 9
🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF
2–5 · BUF won
Also on October 7, 1997
👑LAK @ 🌪️CAR
3–3 final
🐻BOS @ 🏔️COL
2–3 final
🍁TOR @ 🔥CGY
2–1 final
🏛️OTT @ 🦈SJS
1–0 final
Stars season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule