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Buffalo Sabres at New York Islanders

Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 5–0 on Thursday, March 7, 2002 on the road.

Team Goals 2001-2002 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 35-35-11-1
at New York Islanders 0 42-28-8-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 3 1 1 5
New York Islanders 0 0 0 0

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 8 5 7 20
New York Islanders 13 8 5 26

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 13:32 Buffalo Sabres Chris Gratton (7) Stu Barnes (27), J-P Dumont (16) Power play BUF 1, NYI 0
1st 14:17 Buffalo Sabres Erik Rasmussen (5) Curtis Brown (10), Vaclav Varada (13) Even strength BUF 2, NYI 0
1st 18:37 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont (20) Brian Campbell (1), Alexei Zhitnik (29) Power play BUF 3, NYI 0
2nd 17:49 Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes (17) J-P Dumont (17), Chris Gratton (15) Power play BUF 4, NYI 0
3rd 06:53 Buffalo Sabres Erik Rasmussen (6) Rob Ray (3), Eric Boulton (1) Even strength BUF 5, NYI 0

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres New York Islanders
Shots on goal 20 26
Power play 3 of 5 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 15 27
Hits 30 24
Blocked shots 21 11
Giveaways 3 16
Takeaways 3 4
Faceoffs won 30/67 (44.8%) 37/67 (55.2%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Rasmussen C 2 0 2 +2 0 3 4 0 0 33.3% 11:08
17 J. Dumont R 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 0 1 14:48
18 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 50% 13:32
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12:51
25 V. Varada R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 16:31
26 E. Boulton L 0 1 1 +1 2 1 2 0 0 07:45
32 R. Ray R 0 1 1 +1 5 0 0 0 0 06:36
37 C. Brown C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 7 0 50% 17:51
41 S. Barnes C 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 50% 19:12
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 16:29
77 C. Gratton C 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 38.9% 16:24
81 M. Satan R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:28
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 3 0 18:25
4 R. Warrener D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 2 1 0 20:17
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 2 0 24:35
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 20:01
51 B. Campbell D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 1 0 16:25
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 1 3 0 19:47
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
43 M. Biron 26 26 0 1.000 59:54 Win

New York Islanders

New York Islanders skaters
Player
11 K. Miller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 14:29
13 C. Lapointe C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 61.5% 08:39
15 B. Isbister L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 19:53
17 S. Bates C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 17:17
18 J. Cummins R 0 0 0 -1 12 0 3 0 0 06:04
20 S. Webb R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 07:14
21 M. Czerkawski R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 1 0 16:10
27 M. Peca C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 64% 20:24
37 M. Parrish R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 16:49
38 D. Scatchard C 0 0 0 -1 5 2 1 0 0 63.6% 12:42
55 J. Blake L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:07
79 A. Yashin C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 31.3% 19:36
2 B. Mezei D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 15:25
3 A. Aucoin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 26:27
4 R. Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 2 0 23:19
8 D. Tarnstrom D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 2 0 17:39
29 K. Jonsson D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 19:46
33 E. Cairns D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 18:09
New York Islanders goalies
Goalie
30 G. Snow 12 10 2 .833 40:00
35 C. Osgood 8 5 3 .625 20:00 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:20 New York Islanders Dick Tarnstrom Holding 2
1st 12:47 New York Islanders Branislav Mezei Interference 2
1st 15:09 Buffalo Sabres Tim Connolly Slashing 2
1st 15:09 New York Islanders Steve Webb Slashing 2
1st 17:20 New York Islanders Kenny Jonsson Interference goalkeeper 2
1st 19:46 Buffalo Sabres Jay McKee Cross checking 2
2nd 08:03 New York Islanders Eric Cairns Interference 2
2nd 10:43 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 13:49 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Holding 2
2nd 17:05 New York Islanders Jim Cummins High sticking 2
3rd 10:21 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Holding 2
3rd 17:05 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Fighting (major) 5
3rd 17:05 New York Islanders Jim Cummins Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 17:05 New York Islanders Dave Scatchard Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
New York Islanders head coach
Peter Laviolette
Referees
Dan O'Halloran, Brad Watson
Linesmen
Greg Devorski, Stephane Provost
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Vyacheslav Kozlov, Richard Smehlik, Jason Woolley, Rory Fitzpatrick, Denis Hamel, Mika Noronen, Henrik Tallinder, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik
New York Islanders scratches
Kevin Haller, Ken Sutton, Marko Tuomainen, Mats Lindgren, Dave Roche, Jason Podollan, Marko Kiprusoff, Raymond Giroux, Ray Schultz, Oleg Kvasha, Evgeny Korolev, Jason Krog, Juraj Kolnik, Radek Martinek, Rick DiPietro, Raffi Torres, Alexandre Kharitonov, Dusan Salficky

2001-2002 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 4 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at New York Islanders 0 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
New York Islanders 1 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 7

Matchup Status Details
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Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 1 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at St. Louis Blues 0 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 3 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
New York Rangers 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 5 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Phoenix Coyotes 6 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at San Jose Sharks 5 Final Game page

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