Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres

Friday, November 17, 2000, 7:00 PM ET HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3–1 on Friday, November 17, 2000 at home.

Final score, Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2000-2001 record
Minnesota Wild	1	25-39-13-5
at Buffalo Sabres	3	46-30-5-1

Goals by period, Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	1	0	0	1
Buffalo Sabres	0	0	3	3

Shots on goal by period, Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Minnesota Wild	7	9	7	23
Buffalo Sabres	5	16	16	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	12:40	Minnesota Wild	Peter Bartos (1)	Ladislav Benysek (2), Brad Bombardir (1)	Even strength	MIN 1, BUF 0
3rd	00:29	Buffalo Sabres	Denis Hamel (2)	Miroslav Satan (5), Rhett Warrener (5)	Even strength	MIN 1, BUF 1
3rd	05:24	Buffalo Sabres	Richard Smehlik (2)	J-P Dumont (6)	Even strength	MIN 1, BUF 2
3rd	19:58	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Afinogenov (5)	Doug Gilmour (10)	Even strength, Empty net	MIN 1, BUF 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Minnesota Wild skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 K. Nurminen	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		14:37
Number 12 M. Johnson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:13
Number 14 D. Hendrickson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	47.1%	16:44
Number 16 S. McKenna	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		06:31
Number 19 J. Nielsen	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		19:00
Number 22 S. Roest	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58.8%	16:47
Number 24 A. Laaksonen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		18:44
Number 26 C. Matte	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		11:52
Number 34 J. Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	47.4%	16:59
Number 36 S. Blouin	L	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0		08:31
Number 37 W. Walz	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	52.6%	17:15
Number 45 P. Bartos	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		15:06
Number 3 L. Benysek	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		19:48
Number 4 C. Leschyshyn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		18:56
Number 5 B. Bombardir	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		20:23
Number 27 S. O'Donnell	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		23:12
Number 42 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	5		16:58
Number 77 L. Sekeras	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		21:14

Minnesota Wild goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 29 J. McLennan	36	34	2	.944	59:10	Loss

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 E. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	21.4%	13:45
Number 16 C. Taylor	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	50%	08:58
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		13:26
Number 18 M. Satan	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		22:23
Number 25 V. Varada	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		17:05
Number 26 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		06:09
Number 37 C. Brown	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	61.9%	19:06
Number 52 D. Andreychuk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	75%	09:45
Number 55 D. Hamel	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1		11:56
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:34
Number 77 C. Gratton	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2	50%	18:09
Number 93 D. Gilmour	C	0	1	1	+1	0	7	2	0	40%	17:42
Number 4 R. Warrener	D	0	1	1	0	5	2	5	1		16:13
Number 5 J. Woolley	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		17:14
Number 42 R. Smehlik	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	1		17:51
Number 44 A. Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		26:52
Number 45 D. Kalinin	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2		23:45
Number 74 J. McKee	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		18:07

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 39 D. Hasek	23	22	1	.957	60:00	Win

Penalties, Minnesota Wild at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
2nd	00:14	Buffalo Sabres	Rhett Warrener	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	00:14	Minnesota Wild	Sylvain Blouin	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	05:38	Minnesota Wild	Kai Nurminen	Holding	2
2nd	05:59	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Woolley	Tripping	2
2nd	10:22	Minnesota Wild	Andy Sutton	High sticking	2
2nd	15:01	Minnesota Wild	Wes Walz	Interference	2
3rd	09:42	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Gratton	Roughing	2
3rd	09:42	Minnesota Wild	Sean O'Donnell	Charging	2

Minnesota Wild head coach: Jacques Lemaire
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Kevin Maguire
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Troy Sartison
Minnesota Wild scratches: J.J. Daigneault, Scott Pellerin, Cameron Stewart, Sergei Krivokrasov, Aaron Gavey, Brian Bonin, Chris Armstrong, David Brumby, Filip Kuba, Zac Bierk, Mike Matteucci, Pascal Dupuis, Pavel Patera, Marian Gaborik, Maxim Sushinsky
Buffalo Sabres scratches: James Patrick, Rob Ray, Stu Barnes, Vladimir Tsyplakov, Mika Noronen, Brian Campbell

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