3–0

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-1-0 before this game

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

Sabres at Avalanche

Sabres beat Avalanche 3–0 at Ball Arena on October 12, 1998.

🗓 Mon, Oct 12, 1998 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Jason Woolley

1 G, 1 A

5 shots · 19:07 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Michael Peca

1 G

4 shots · 24:30 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

1 G

3 shots · 26:24 TOI · +1

4rd star ⚔️ BUF

Dominik Hasek

32 saves

1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jason Woolley PP Go-ahead 1st · 17:52

Assists: Curtis Brown, Matthew Barnaby

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Michael Peca PP 2nd · 03:29

Assists: Michal Grosek, Jason Woolley

2–0

3rd period

⚔️ Alexei Zhitnik 3rd · 06:05

Assists: Richard Smehlik, Vaclav Varada

3–0

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF COL🏔️

27 Shots on goal 32

2/10 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7

19 Hits 20

5 Blocked shots 14

11 Takeaways 12

17 Giveaways 33

44 Penalty minutes 58

BUF shooting 11.1% (3/27) COL shooting 0.0% (0/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek Shutout

32/32

1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:57 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

24/27

.889 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 2–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Avalanche

Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Grosek · Peca · Plante 19:37

L2 Ward · Brown · Satan 15:55

L3 Holzinger · Varada · Barnaby 13:47

L4 Sanderson · Kruse · Ray 3:10

D1 Zhitnik · Shannon 23:16

D2 Woolley · McKee 18:39

D3 Smehlik · Holland 13:49

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Sakic · Forsberg · Lemieux 22:10

L2 Kamensky · Yelle · Hejduk 14:42

L3 Lacroix · Corbet · Jones 10:58

L4 Rychel · Donovan · Odgers 4:12

D1 Miller · Lefebvre 25:02

D2 Gusarov · Foote 22:10

D3 Klemm · Smith 9:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →

Jan 2, 1998

🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF

2–2 (OT) · Avalanche won

0–0 (OT) · Sabres won

Dec 13, 1995

🏔️COL @ ⚔️BUF

3–4 · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs COL, answered

Who won Sabres vs Avalanche on October 12, 1998?

Sabres won 3–0.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Avalanche?

The final score was Sabres 3, Avalanche 0.

Who scored for Sabres?

Alexei Zhitnik, Jason Woolley, Michael Peca.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 32 saves on 32 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 24 saves on 27 shots (.889 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Avalanche season series?

Sabres 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

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Oct 10

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Oct 10

Also on October 12, 1998

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