🏝️ Away Islanders 26-30-4 before this game

4–2

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
NYI	0	0	0	4
BUF	0	0	0	2

Islanders at Sabres

Islanders beat Sabres 4–2 at KeyBank Center on March 6, 1998.

🗓 Fri, Mar 6, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Islanders lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🏝️ NYI

Trevor Linden

2 G

3 shots · 20:44 TOI · +1

2nd star 🏝️ NYI

Robert Reichel

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 11:45 TOI

3rd star 🏝️ NYI

Ziggy Palffy

2 A

4 shots · 17:25 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🏝️NYI BUF⚔️

22 Shots on goal 30

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/9

16 Hits 10

14 Blocked shots 13

10 Takeaways 9

12 Giveaways 37

28 Penalty minutes 20

NYI shooting 18.2% (4/22) BUF shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🏝️Islanders

Tommy Salo

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 1st: 26-30-4 (43% win rate, 60 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 30-21-8 (51% win rate, 59 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Islanders

Islanders — tied after 2nd: 26-30-4 (43% win rate, 60 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 30-21-8 (51% win rate, 59 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🏝️Islanders

L1 Sacco · Linden · Chorske 19:07

L2 Nemchinov · Lapointe · Palffy 16:36

L3 Smolinski · Reichel · Janssens 11:45

L4 Kruse · Czerkawski · Webb 6:33

D1 Lachance · Daigneault 26:16

D2 Jonsson · Pilon 20:52

D3 Berard · Strudwick 12:54

⚔️Sabres

L1 Sanderson · Audette · Satan 20:38

L2 Grosek · Peca · Barnaby 16:05

L3 Brown · Primeau · Dawe 14:44

L4 Ward · Rasmussen · Ray 8:41

D1 Zhitnik · McKee 23:46

D2 Woolley · Shannon 20:51

D3 Wilson · Boughner 14:58

⚔️ Last meetings

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

3–2 (OT) · Islanders won

❓ NYI vs BUF, answered

Who won Islanders vs Sabres on March 6, 1998?

Islanders won 4–2.

What was the final score of Islanders vs Sabres?

The final score was Islanders 4, Sabres 2.

How did the Islanders goalie play?

Tommy Salo 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 Islanders vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Islanders vs Sabres season series?

Islanders 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

🏝️Islanders

Previous game · Mar 3

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Mar 2

Also on March 6, 1998

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