5–2

Final

🐆 Home Panthers 24-23-7 before this game

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

Sabres at Panthers

Sabres beat Panthers 5–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on February 1, 1998.

🗓 Sun, Feb 1, 1998 · 17:00 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Michael Peca

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 19:27 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

2 A

2 shots · 25:40 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐆 FLA

Robert Svehla

2 A

1 shots · 24:05 TOI · -1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF FLA🐆

29 Shots on goal 31

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4

5 Hits 5

2 Blocked shots 2

8 Takeaways 8

4 Giveaways 8

13 Penalty minutes 15

BUF shooting 17.2% (5/29) FLA shooting 6.5% (2/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐆Panthers

John Vanbiesbrouck

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 58:52 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 24-21-5 (48% win rate, 50 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 1st: 24-23-7 (44% win rate, 54 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 24-21-5 (48% win rate, 50 games)

Panthers

Panthers — tied after 2nd: 24-23-7 (44% win rate, 54 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Peca · Holzinger · Audette 19:27

L2 Brown · Dawe · Varada 15:25

L3 Grosek · Plante · Barnaby 13:24

L4 May · Satan · Ray 9:05

D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 24:41

D2 Shannon · Wilson 19:37

D3 McKee · Woolley 16:12

🐆Panthers

L1 Whitney · Kozlov · Gagner 20:40

L2 Muller · Ciccarelli · Dvorak 18:38

L3 Lindsay · Fitzgerald · Mellanby 13:35

L4 Wells · Sheppard 6:17

D1 Svehla · Jovanovski 21:51

D2 Murphy · Norton 18:20

D3 Carkner · Warrener 17:22

D4 Laus 11:38

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →

4–3 (OT) · Sabres won

1–1 (OT) · Panthers won

Nov 26, 1996

⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA

3–4 · Panthers won

❓ BUF vs FLA, answered

Who won Sabres vs Panthers on February 1, 1998?

Sabres won 5–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Panthers?

The final score was Sabres 5, Panthers 2.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

John Vanbiesbrouck made 0 saves on 4 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Panthers season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–1 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Jan 30

🐆Panthers

Previous game · Jan 31

Also on February 1, 1998

Sabres season page Panthers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule