1–0

Final

🗽 Home Rangers 26-23-10 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	0	0	0	1
NYR	0	0	0	0

Sabres at Rangers

Sabres beat Rangers 1–0 at Madison Square Garden on March 2, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Mar 2, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Madison Square Garden, New York 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

1 G

1 shots · 26:25 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

1 A

4 shots · 13:22 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Michal Grosek

1 A

1 shots · 15:19 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF NYR🗽

18 Shots on goal 33

12 Hits 15

18 Blocked shots 9

8 Takeaways 31

26 Giveaways 53

8 Penalty minutes 8

BUF shooting 5.6% (1/18) NYR shooting 0.0% (0/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/0

.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗽Rangers

Mike Richter

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 59:19 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 29-21-8 (50% win rate, 58 games)

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 1st: 26-23-10 (44% win rate, 59 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 29-21-8 (50% win rate, 58 games)

Rangers

Rangers — tied after 2nd: 26-23-10 (44% win rate, 59 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Ward · Peca · Dawe 17:22

L2 Sanderson · Brown · Primeau 16:54

L3 Grosek · Audette · Satan 15:19

L4 Burridge · Barnaby · Ray 4:45

D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 24:54

D2 McKee · Wilson 21:08

D3 Woolley · Boughner 14:08

🗽Rangers

L1 Graves · Gretzky · Kovalev 21:31

L2 Stevens · LaFontaine · Sundstrom 17:18

L3 Skrudland · Sweeney · Keane 12:57

L4 Berg · Langdon · Eastwood 7:21

D1 Leetch · Driver 26:22

D2 Samuelsson · Beukeboom 17:02

D3 Lidster · Finley 12:55

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →

3–3 (OT) · Rangers won

1–1 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs NYR, answered

Who won Sabres vs Rangers on March 2, 1998?

Sabres won 1–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Rangers?

The final score was Sabres 1, Rangers 0.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

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

How did the Rangers goalie play?

Mike Richter made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Rangers played?

At Madison Square Garden in New York, the Rangers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Rangers season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–1 after 4 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 · Mar 1

🗽Rangers

Previous game · Feb 28

Also on March 2, 1998

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