5–2

Final

🐆 Home Panthers 36-19-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
BUF	1	3	1	5
FLA	0	1	1	2

Sabres at Panthers

Sabres beat Panthers 5–2 at Amerant Bank Arena on February 28, 2000.

🗓 Mon, Feb 28, 2000 · 18:30 CST 📍 Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise 🏒 1999-00 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Stu Barnes

2 G

4 shots · 14:39 TOI · +2

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Alexei Zhitnik

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 22:21 TOI · +3

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Curtis Brown

2 A

1 shots · 14:07 TOI · +2

4rd star ⚔️ BUF

Dominik Hasek

30 saves

0.938 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Stu Barnes SH Go-ahead 1st · 18:09

Assists: Michael Peca, Alexei Zhitnik · beat Trevor Kidd

1–0

2nd period

⚔️ Alexei Zhitnik 2nd · 04:32

Assists: Vaclav Varada, Curtis Brown · beat Trevor Kidd

2–0

⚔️ Erik Rasmussen 2nd · 05:24

Assists: Wayne Primeau, Jay McKee · beat Trevor Kidd

3–0

⚔️ Stu Barnes 2nd · 12:45

Assists: Miroslav Satan · beat Trevor Kidd

4–0

🐆 Pavel Bure 2nd · 14:57

Assists: Jaroslav Spacek, Robert Svehla · beat Dominik Hasek

4–1

3rd period

🐆 Todd Simpson 3rd · 06:15

Assists: Scott Mellanby, Ray Sheppard · beat Dominik Hasek

4–2

⚔️ Richard Smehlik 3rd · 08:10

Assists: Curtis Brown, Brian Holzinger · beat Mike Vernon

5–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF FLA🐆

31 Shots on goal 32

18 Hits 18

19 Blocked shots 14

9 Takeaways 9

10 Giveaways 16

26 Penalty minutes 8

BUF shooting 16.1% (5/31) FLA shooting 6.2% (2/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Dominik Hasek

30/32

.938 SV% · 2 GA · 59:52 TOI

🐆Panthers

Trevor Kidd

15/19

.789 SV% · 4 GA · 32:15 TOI

Mike Vernon

11/12

.917 SV% · 1 GA · 27:15 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Panthers

Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Panthers

Panthers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Ward · Peca · Holzinger 16:19

L2 Rasmussen · Barnes · Satan 15:30

L3 Sanderson · Brown · Varada 12:11

L4 Tsyplakov · Primeau · Ray 7:30

D1 Patrick · Smehlik 23:37

D2 McKee · Zhitnik 22:22

D3 Woolley · Grand-Pierre 12:10

🐆Panthers

L1 Bure · Sheppard · Parrish 19:24

L2 Whitney · Kozlov · Niedermayer 18:11

L3 Worrell · Kvasha · Mellanby 11:04

L4 Stewart · Johnson 8:54

D1 Svehla · Spacek 23:46

D2 Wilson · Boyle 18:03

D3 Simpson · Pitlick 14:20

D4 Laus 11:25

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →

2–3 (OT) · Sabres won

❓ BUF vs FLA, answered

Who won Sabres vs Panthers on February 28, 2000?

Sabres won 5–2.

What was the final score of Sabres vs Panthers?

The final score was Sabres 5, Panthers 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Stu Barnes (2), Alexei Zhitnik, Erik Rasmussen, Richard Smehlik.

Who scored for Panthers?

Pavel Bure, Todd Simpson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 32 shots (.938 save percentage).

How did the Panthers goalie play?

Trevor Kidd made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Panthers played?

At Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, the Panthers home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Panthers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 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 · Feb 26

🐆Panthers

Previous game · Feb 26

Also on February 28, 2000

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