New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres

Tuesday, February 12, 2002, 7:00 PM ET HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres tied 2–2 on Tuesday, February 12, 2002.

Final score, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2001-2002 record
New Jersey Devils	2	41-28-9-4
at Buffalo Sabres	2	35-35-11-1

Goals by period, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
New Jersey Devils	0	1	1	0	2
Buffalo Sabres	1	0	1	0	2

Shots on goal by period, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
New Jersey Devils	3	14	8	1	26
Buffalo Sabres	7	6	6	3	22

Scoring summary

Every goal, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	16:10	Buffalo Sabres	Maxim Afinogenov (18)	Tim Connolly (26), Miroslav Satan (23)	Power play	NJD 0, BUF 1
2nd	14:56	New Jersey Devils	Jason Arnott (21)	Scott Niedermayer (17), Colin White (3)	Even strength	NJD 1, BUF 1
3rd	02:11	New Jersey Devils	John Madden (9)	Brian Rafalski (32)	Even strength	NJD 2, BUF 1
3rd	18:10	Buffalo Sabres	Taylor Pyatt (5)	Jason Woolley (13), Miroslav Satan (24)	Even strength	NJD 2, BUF 2

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

New Jersey Devils skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 C. Berglund	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		06:45
Number 11 J. Madden	C	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	33.3%	20:25
Number 14 B. Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	40%	12:17
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	0	54.5%	19:15
Number 17 P. Sykora	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:58
Number 18 S. Brylin	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		22:19
Number 19 J. McKenzie	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	1		07:22
Number 21 H. Mckay	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0		12:32
Number 22 V. Kamensky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		12:11
Number 23 S. Gomez	C	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0		16:58
Number 25 J. Arnott	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0	58.3%	16:56
Number 26 P. Elias	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	33.3%	21:12
Number 3 K. Daneyko	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		18:13
Number 4 S. Stevens	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4		26:44
Number 5 C. White	D	0	1	1	0	7	3	1	0		20:43
Number 7 A. Zyuzin	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		09:28
Number 27 S. Niedermayer	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		24:50
Number 28 B. Rafalski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		21:43

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 M. Brodeur	22	20	2	.909	64:50	T

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 E. Rasmussen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	0		13:38
Number 17 J. Dumont	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0		15:35
Number 18 T. Connolly	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	57.1%	18:06
Number 24 T. Pyatt	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		14:56
Number 25 V. Varada	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	0		16:18
Number 26 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0		04:15
Number 32 R. Ray	R	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0		03:50
Number 37 C. Brown	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0	42.1%	19:54
Number 41 S. Barnes	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	52.4%	23:36
Number 61 M. Afinogenov	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1		22:02
Number 77 C. Gratton	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	72.7%	14:13
Number 81 M. Satan	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	0	0		24:05
Number 3 J. Patrick	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0		13:15
Number 4 R. Warrener	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	0		22:46
Number 5 J. Woolley	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0		17:43
Number 42 R. Smehlik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		19:42
Number 44 A. Zhitnik	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0		28:06
Number 74 J. McKee	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	0		22:00

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 43 M. Biron	26	24	2	.923	65:00	T

Penalties, New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:16	Buffalo Sabres	Rob Ray	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:16	New Jersey Devils	Colin White	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:17	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Fighting (major)	5
1st	02:17	New Jersey Devils	Jim McKenzie	Fighting (major)	5
1st	13:12	Buffalo Sabres	Rob Ray	Fighting (major)	5
1st	13:12	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Gratton	Slashing	2
1st	13:12	Buffalo Sabres	Eric Boulton	Roughing	2
1st	13:12	New Jersey Devils	Randy Mckay	Fighting (major)	5
1st	13:12	New Jersey Devils	Colin White	Roughing	2
1st	14:24	Buffalo Sabres	Rhett Warrener	Roughing	2
1st	14:24	Buffalo Sabres	Jay McKee	Roughing	2
1st	14:24	New Jersey Devils	Bobby Holik	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	14:24	New Jersey Devils	Bobby Holik	Roughing	2
1st	14:24	New Jersey Devils	Jason Arnott	Roughing	2
1st	16:10	New Jersey Devils	Ken Daneyko	Tripping	2
1st	18:25	New Jersey Devils	Sergei Brylin	Slashing	2
2nd	00:53	Buffalo Sabres	Alexei Zhitnik	Holding the stick	2
2nd	03:08	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Woolley	Cross checking	2
2nd	15:33	Buffalo Sabres	J-P Dumont	Roughing	2
2nd	15:33	New Jersey Devils	Scott Gomez	Roughing	2
2nd	15:33	New Jersey Devils	Scott Gomez	Roughing	2
3rd	11:17	New Jersey Devils	Martin Brodeur	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
OT	04:59	Buffalo Sabres	James Patrick	Roughing	2
OT	04:59	New Jersey Devils	Scott Gomez	Roughing	2

New Jersey Devils head coach: Kevin Constantine
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Referees: Terry Gregson, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Lonnie Cameron, Steve Miller
New Jersey Devils scratches: Tommy Albelin, Sergei Nemchinov, Turner Stevenson, Bruce Gardiner, Joel Bouchard, Jay Pandolfo, Jean-Francois Damphousse, Jiri Bicek, Mike Commodore, Andreas Salomonsson
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Rory Fitzpatrick, Denis Hamel, Mika Noronen, Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell, Dmitri Kalinin, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik

Every New Jersey Devils and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2001-2002 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at New Jersey Devils 3	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils, Sat, Oct 27, 2001
New Jersey Devils 1 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Jan 12, 2002
Buffalo Sabres 1 at New Jersey Devils 4	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New Jersey Devils, Sun, Feb 10, 2002
New Jersey Devils 2 at Buffalo Sabres 2	Final/OT	Game page: New Jersey Devils at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Feb 12, 2002

Other NHL games on Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Austria 3 at Slovakia 2	Final Olympics	Game page: Austria at Slovakia, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Ottawa Senators 5	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Ottawa Senators, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
New York Islanders 1 at Philadelphia Flyers 0	Final/OT	Game page: New York Islanders at Philadelphia Flyers, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Minnesota Wild 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3	Final/OT	Game page: Minnesota Wild at Columbus Blue Jackets, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 0 at St. Louis Blues 3	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at St. Louis Blues, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Florida Panthers 0 at Nashville Predators 1	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Nashville Predators, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Calgary Flames 3 at Phoenix Coyotes 4	Final/OT	Game page: Calgary Flames at Phoenix Coyotes, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Latvia 1 at Germany 4	Final Olympics	Game page: Latvia at Germany, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
San Jose Sharks 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2	Final	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers, Tue, Feb 12, 2002
Boston Bruins 2 at Vancouver Canucks 1	Final/OT	Game page: Boston Bruins at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Feb 12, 2002