🐆 Away Panthers 12-7-3 before this game
1–2
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 12-5-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
FLA 0101
BUF 0202

Panthers at Sabres

Sabres beat Panthers 2–1 at KeyBank Center on December 2, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 2, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Dixon Ward
1 G
3 shots · 14:51 TOI · +1
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Wayne Primeau
1 G
1 shots · 08:43 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Michael Peca
1 A
4 shots · 20:43 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚔️ Wayne Primeau Go-ahead 2nd · 02:31
Assists: Alexei Zhitnik, Darryl Shannon
0–1
🐆 Ray Whitney Tying 2nd · 05:34
Assists: Kirk Muller, Gord Murphy
1–1
⚔️ Dixon Ward Go-ahead 2nd · 12:01
Assists: Michael Peca
1–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐆FLA BUF⚔️
28 Shots on goal 28
11 Hits 30
4 Blocked shots 10
6 Takeaways 9
20 Giveaways 28
8 Penalty minutes 8
FLA shooting 3.6% (1/28) BUF shooting 7.1% (2/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐆Panthers
Kirk McLean
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 59:10 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Dominik Hasek
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 59:55 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Panthers
Panthers — tied after 1st: 12-7-3 (55% win rate, 22 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 12-5-2 (63% win rate, 19 games)
After 2nd — 1–2
Panthers
Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐆Panthers
L1 Muller · Niedermayer · Mellanby 19:27
L2 Whitney · Kozlov · Dvorak 17:42
L3 Lindsay · Gagner · Parrish 13:55
L4 Garpenlov · Worrell · Kvasha 6:39
D1 Svehla · Jovanovski 23:06
D2 Murphy · Warrener 18:58
D3 Spacek · Laus 15:20
⚔️Sabres
L1 Grosek · Peca · Brown 17:44
L2 Holzinger · Satan · Barnaby 16:58
L3 Ward · Sanderson · Varada 12:53
L4 Cunneyworth · Rasmussen · Primeau 8:58
D1 Shannon · McKee 23:14
D2 Zhitnik · Patrick 20:34
D3 Woolley · Wilson 14:50

⚔️ Last meetings

Panthers lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Nov 28, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA
2–6 · Panthers won
Oct 16, 1998
🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF
2–2 (OT) · Panthers won
Mar 19, 1998
🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF
1–6 · Sabres won
Feb 1, 1998
⚔️BUF @ 🐆FLA
5–2 · Sabres won
Nov 6, 1997
🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF
4–2 · Panthers won

❓ FLA vs BUF, answered

Who won Panthers vs Sabres on December 2, 1998?

Sabres won 2–1.

What was the final score of Panthers vs Sabres?

The final score was Panthers 1, Sabres 2.

Who scored for Panthers?

Ray Whitney.

Who scored for Sabres?

Dixon Ward, Wayne Primeau.

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

Where is Panthers vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Panthers vs Sabres season series?

Panthers 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
🐆Panthers
Previous game · Dec 1
🐆FLA @ 🗽NYR
4–5 · NYR won
Next game · Dec 5
🌪️CAR @ 🐆FLA
3–3 · CAR won
⚔️Sabres
Previous game · Nov 29
⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL
6–3 · BUF won
Next game · Dec 4
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
0–3 · BUF won
Also on December 2, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🌪️CAR
1–4 final
👑LAK @ 🍁TOR
1–3 final
🗽NYR @ 🏝️NYI
3–2 final
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 final
🌵PHX @ 🛢️EDM
3–4 final
⭐DAL @ 🦈SJS
3–0 final
Panthers season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule