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Buffalo Sabres at Florida Panthers

National Car Rental Center, Sunrise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Friday, March 15, 2002 at home.

Team Goals 2001-2002 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 35-35-11-1
at Florida Panthers 5 22-44-10-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 1 2
Florida Panthers 3 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 7 10 13 30
Florida Panthers 9 2 12 23

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:01 Florida Panthers Peter Worrell (3) Darren Van Impe (6), Bill Lindsay (7) Even strength BUF 0, FLA 1
1st 05:58 Florida Panthers Sandis Ozolinsh (10) Niklas Hagman (15), Pavel Bure (26) Even strength BUF 0, FLA 2
1st 06:06 Florida Panthers Ivan Novoseltsev (11) Kristian Huselius (19), Byron Ritchie (4) Even strength BUF 0, FLA 3
1st 16:46 Buffalo Sabres Chris Gratton (10) Miroslav Satan (28), Stu Barnes (31) Even strength BUF 1, FLA 3
2nd 09:43 Florida Panthers Robert Svehla (6) Valeri Bure (9), Pavel Bure (27) Power play BUF 1, FLA 4
3rd 06:13 Florida Panthers Byron Ritchie (3) Valeri Bure (10), Kristian Huselius (20) Even strength BUF 1, FLA 5
3rd 14:28 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (25) Alexei Zhitnik (31), Curtis Brown (13) Power play BUF 2, FLA 5

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 30 23
Power play 1 of 9 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 36 40
Hits 13 19
Blocked shots 5 7
Giveaways 9 6
Takeaways 5 9
Faceoffs won 32/60 (53.3%) 28/60 (46.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 0 0 40% 03:45
17 J. Dumont R 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 14:34
18 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 30.8% 20:44
24 T. Pyatt L 0 0 0 -1 7 1 0 0 0 09:44
25 V. Varada R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 1 0 14:50
26 E. Boulton L 0 0 0 -1 17 0 1 0 0 06:22
32 R. Ray R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 0 06:05
37 C. Brown C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 55.6% 19:54
41 S. Barnes C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 40% 19:31
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 0 7 1 0 0 19:25
77 C. Gratton C 1 0 1 +1 0 6 0 0 0 73.7% 17:42
81 M. Satan R 1 1 2 +1 0 4 0 0 1 22:29
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 16:13
4 R. Warrener D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 1 1 0 15:55
44 A. Zhitnik D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 26:34
45 D. Kalinin D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 1 0 16:42
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 18:45
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -3 2 1 0 1 0 13:47
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
35 M. Noronen 17 15 2 .882 53:54
43 M. Biron 6 3 3 .500 06:04 Loss

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
8 P. Worrell L 1 0 1 +1 4 1 2 0 0 08:33
10 P. Bure R 0 2 2 -1 2 3 0 0 0 25:27
11 B. Lindsay L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 3 0 0 50% 09:30
12 O. Jokinen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 64.7% 20:36
14 N. Hagman L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 50% 13:40
18 M. Nilson L 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 07:21
20 V. Bure R 0 2 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 19:29
22 K. Huselius L 0 2 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 11:20
28 J. Wiemer C 0 0 0 +1 14 1 0 0 0 26.7% 14:45
36 J. Tetarenko R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 08:54
39 I. Novoseltsev R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 08:40
43 B. Ritchie C 1 1 2 +2 2 3 2 0 0 58.3% 11:39
5 J. Norton D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:22
24 R. Svehla D 1 0 1 0 4 2 8 1 1 25:18
29 D. Van Impe D 0 1 1 +3 0 1 0 1 0 15:55
42 B. Norton D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 0 0 0 10:35
44 S. Ozolinsh D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 29:24
45 B. Ference D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16:38
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
1 R. Luongo 30 28 2 .933 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:47 Florida Panthers Jason Wiemer Hooking 2
1st 13:35 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 14:44 Florida Panthers Pavel Bure High sticking 2
2nd 03:36 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont Holding 2
2nd 03:36 Florida Panthers Robert Svehla Holding 2
2nd 06:47 Florida Panthers Brad Ference Holding obstruction 2
2nd 08:07 Buffalo Sabres Taylor Pyatt Interference 2
2nd 12:23 Buffalo Sabres Taylor Pyatt Fighting (major) 5
2nd 12:23 Florida Panthers Jason Wiemer High sticking 2
2nd 12:23 Florida Panthers Jason Wiemer Fighting (major) 5
2nd 15:33 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 19:05 Buffalo Sabres Dmitri Kalinin Hooking 2
3rd 02:16 Florida Panthers Byron Ritchie Hooking 2
3rd 06:24 Florida Panthers Peter Worrell Interference 2
3rd 11:13 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Instigator 2
3rd 11:13 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Fighting (major) 5
3rd 11:13 Buffalo Sabres Eric Boulton Game misconduct (game misconduct) 10
3rd 11:13 Florida Panthers Jason Wiemer Fighting (major) 5
3rd 11:13 Florida Panthers Marcus Nilson Deliberate injury (match) 10
3rd 11:53 Florida Panthers Robert Svehla Holding 2
3rd 14:15 Florida Panthers Roberto Luongo Delaying game 2
3rd 16:57 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Roughing 2
3rd 16:57 Buffalo Sabres Jay McKee Roughing 2
3rd 16:57 Florida Panthers Peter Worrell Roughing 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Florida Panthers head coach
Mike Keenan
Referees
Eric Furlatt, Kevin Maguire
Linesmen
Brian Murphy, Jonny Murray
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Bob Essensa, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Richard Smehlik, Jason Woolley, Rory Fitzpatrick, Denis Hamel, Henrik Tallinder, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik
Florida Panthers scratches
Wade Flaherty, Paul Laus, Lance Pitlick, Viktor Kozlov, Ryan Johnson, Matthew Herr, Rocky Thompson, Lance Ward, Pierre Dagenais, Nick Smith, Kyle Rossiter, Ryan Jardine, Eric Beaudoin, Denis Shvidki, David Morisset

2001-2002 season series

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Florida Panthers 3 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 2 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Florida Panthers 5 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 15

Matchup Status Details
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Chicago Blackhawks 1 at Anaheim Ducks 1 Final/OT Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at San Jose Sharks 5 Final Game page

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