Games 4 and 5: Stars stay in command
The Sabres needed a miracle on their home ice in Game 4, and they pulled through. After finding twine in the first period, the Stars answered just two minutes later with a power play goal. Midway through the second, the Sabres scored again, and following a scoreless third period, Buffalo managed to tie the series 2-2.
It wouldn’t last, however. In Game 5, the Sabres held the Stars scoreless in the first only to allow two goals in the second and third period. With the loss, the Sabres failed to reclaim home ice advantage and they fell behind the Stars 3-2.
Down but not out, the series would return to Buffalo for Game 6, allowing the Sabres to feed off their home crowd in an attempt to bring the series south for a Game 7. And what followed was one of the most memorable games in league history.