4–1

Final

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

Sabres at Bruins

Sabres beat Bruins 4–1 at TD Garden on December 12, 1998.

🗓 Sat, Dec 12, 1998 · 18:00 CST 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

2 G

5 shots · 23:26 TOI · +1

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Michal Grosek

2 A

2 shots · 17:28 TOI · +1

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

2 A

2 shots · 20:50 TOI · +1

4rd star ⚔️ BUF

Dominik Hasek

36 saves

0.973 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Brian Holzinger Go-ahead 1st · 04:09

Unassisted

1–0

⚔️ Michael Peca 1st · 19:09

Assists: Dixon Ward

2–0

⚔️ Miroslav Satan 1st · 19:55

Assists: Michal Grosek, Curtis Brown

3–0

2nd period

⚔️ Miroslav Satan PP 2nd · 13:07

Assists: Michal Grosek, Curtis Brown

4–0

3rd period

🐻 P.J. Axelsson 3rd · 07:50

Assists: Rob DiMaio, Chris Taylor

4–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF BOS🐻

20 Shots on goal 37

1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/6

28 Hits 41

14 Blocked shots 8

3 Takeaways 3

2 Giveaways 5

14 Penalty minutes 10

BUF shooting 20.0% (4/20) BOS shooting 2.7% (1/37)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

36/37

.973 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐻Bruins

Byron Dafoe

16/20

.800 SV% · 4 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 3–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Bruins

Bruins: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Brown · Peca · Satan 20:50

L2 Grosek · Ward · Holzinger 16:27

L3 Sanderson · Rasmussen · Varada 10:21

L4 Cunneyworth · Pittis · Ray 6:51

D1 McKee · Zhitnik 22:54

D2 Shannon · Woolley 20:22

D3 Smehlik · Patrick 16:21

🐻Bruins

L1 Allison · Khristich · Carter 18:30

L2 Samsonov · Thornton · Heinze 15:20

L3 Axelsson · Taylor · DiMaio 12:36

L4 Baumgartner · Belanger · Bates 10:16

D1 Bourque · Van Impe 25:29

D2 Ellett · Sweeney 18:16

D3 McLaren · Gill 16:15

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Sabres won

Feb 4, 1998

🐻BOS @ ⚔️BUF

2–2 (OT) · Bruins won

❓ BUF vs BOS, answered

Who won Sabres vs Bruins on December 12, 1998?

Sabres won 4–1.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Bruins?

The final score was Sabres 4, Bruins 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Miroslav Satan (2), Brian Holzinger, Michael Peca.

Who scored for Bruins?

P.J. Axelsson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Byron Dafoe made 16 saves on 20 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Bruins season series?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 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 · Dec 11

🐻Bruins

Previous game · Dec 10

Also on December 12, 1998

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