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Buffalo Sabres: Reliving the 1999 Stanley Cup Final

By Sion Fawkes

31 May 1999: The Buffalo Sabres celebrate after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs during the Stanley Cup playoffs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Sabres defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Elsa Hasch /Allsport
31 May 1999: The Buffalo Sabres celebrate after defeating the Toronto Maple Leafs during the Stanley Cup playoffs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Sabres defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Elsa Hasch /Allsport /
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20 Oct 1999: Miroslav Satan #81 of the Buffalo Sabres skates on the ice during the game against the Nashville Predators at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York. The Predators defeated the Sabres 3-2. /

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.

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