🔔 Away Flyers 2-1 in series
1–4
Final
BUF leads 4–1
⚔️ Home Sabres 1-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Flyers at Sabres — First Round Game 4

Sabres, First Round Game 4, beat Flyers 4–1 at KeyBank Center on April 29, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Apr 29, 1998 · 18:30 CDT 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1997-98 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

BUF vs PHI · BUF leads 4–1 Full series →
Game 1
3–2
Final · BUF
Game 2
2–3
Final · PHI
Game 3
1–6
Final · BUF
Game 4
1–4
Final · BUF
Game 5
3–2
OT · BUF

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Brian Holzinger
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 17:15 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Miroslav Satan
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 11:54 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Darryl Shannon
2 A
19:33 TOI
4rd star ⚔️ BUF
Dominik Hasek
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🔔PHI BUF⚔️
45 Shots on goal 20
0/6 Power play (goals / chances) 3/6
29 Hits 32
9 Blocked shots 17
4 Takeaways 13
25 Giveaways 26
26 Penalty minutes 28
PHI shooting 2.2% (1/45) BUF shooting 20.0% (4/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🔔Flyers
Sean Burke
16/20
.800 SV% · 4 GA · 57:39 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 1st: 48-30-7 (56% win rate, 85 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 47-29-9 (55% win rate, 85 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Flyers
Flyers — tied after 2nd: 48-30-7 (56% win rate, 85 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 2nd: 47-29-9 (55% win rate, 85 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🔔Flyers
L1 LeClair · Lindros · Sillinger 21:49
L2 Brind'Amour · Klatt · Daigle 16:51
L3 Forbes · Gratton · Zubrus 11:11
L4 Podein · Otto · Lacroix 8:14
D1 Mcgillis · Desjardins 26:48
D2 Therien · Babych 19:28
D3 Richardson · Svoboda 13:33
⚔️Sabres
L1 Ward · Grosek · Holzinger 17:45
L2 Brown · Plante · Varada 15:08
L3 Primeau · Peca · Satan 12:17
L4 Sanderson · Audette · Barnaby 10:05
D1 Zhitnik · Smehlik 27:40
D2 Shannon · Woolley 18:34
D3 Wilson · Boughner 13:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 27, 1998
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 · Sabres won
Apr 24, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
2–3 · Flyers won
Apr 22, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
3–2 · Sabres won
Apr 13, 1998
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 · Sabres won
Jan 20, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
0–3 · Flyers won

❓ PHI vs BUF, answered

Who won Flyers vs Sabres on April 29, 1998?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Flyers vs Sabres?

The final score was Flyers 1, Sabres 4.

How did the Flyers goalie play?

Sean Burke made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 save percentage).

Where is Flyers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

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🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🔔Flyers
Previous game · Apr 27
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 · BUF won
Next game · May 1
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
3–2 · BUF won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Apr 27
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 · BUF won
Next game · May 1
⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI
3–2 · BUF won
Also on April 29, 1998
🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL
6–3 final
🎵STL @ 👑LAK
2–1 final
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