Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
· Madison Square Garden, New York · Regular Season · Final/OT
Final score
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Sunday, October 7, 2001 at home.
Goals by period
Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
OTOvertime |
Total |
| Buffalo Sabres |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| New York Rangers |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
Shots on goal by period
Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
| Team |
1st1st period |
2nd2nd period |
3rd3rd period |
OTOvertime |
Total |
| Buffalo Sabres |
5 |
10 |
7 |
3 |
25 |
| New York Rangers |
11 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
27 |
Scoring summary
Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Goal |
Assists |
Type |
Score |
| 1st |
08:13 |
New York Rangers |
Eric Lindros (1) |
Mark Messier (1), Radek Dvorak (1) |
Power play |
BUF 0, NYR 1 |
| 1st |
09:38 |
Buffalo Sabres |
J-P Dumont (1) |
Unassisted |
Even strength |
BUF 1, NYR 1 |
| 2nd |
01:59 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Stu Barnes (2) |
Miroslav Satan (2), Alexei Zhitnik (2) |
Power play |
BUF 2, NYR 1 |
| 2nd |
14:46 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Vaclav Varada (1) |
J-P Dumont (1) |
Even strength |
BUF 3, NYR 1 |
| 2nd |
19:12 |
New York Rangers |
Michal Grosek (1) |
Petr Nedved (2), Zdeno Ciger (1) |
Even strength |
BUF 3, NYR 2 |
| 2nd |
19:59 |
New York Rangers |
Andreas Johansson (1) |
Eric Lindros (1), Igor Ulanov (1) |
Even strength |
BUF 3, NYR 3 |
| 3rd |
03:11 |
New York Rangers |
Radek Dvorak (1) |
Manny Malhotra (1), Dave Karpa (1) |
Even strength |
BUF 3, NYR 4 |
| 3rd |
04:58 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Vyacheslav Kozlov (1) |
Alexei Zhitnik (3), Maxim Afinogenov (1) |
Power play |
BUF 4, NYR 4 |
| OT |
02:45 |
New York Rangers |
Brian Leetch (1) |
Petr Nedved (3), Zdeno Ciger (2) |
Even strength |
BUF 4, NYR 5 |
Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.
Team stats
Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
| Stat |
Buffalo Sabres |
New York Rangers |
| Shots on goal |
25 |
27 |
| Power play |
2 of 4 |
1 of 4 |
| Penalty minutes |
13 |
13 |
| Hits |
13 |
26 |
| Blocked shots |
26 |
16 |
| Giveaways |
14 |
18 |
| Takeaways |
11 |
21 |
| Faceoffs won |
27/69 (39.1%) |
42/69 (60.9%) |
Box score
Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 13 V. Kozlov |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
16:34 |
| Number 17 J. Dumont |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:06 |
| Number 18 T. Connolly |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
20% |
19:23 |
| Number 25 V. Varada |
R |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
18:16 |
| Number 26 E. Boulton |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
04:23 |
| Number 32 R. Ray |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
03:58 |
| Number 37 C. Brown |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
52.4% |
19:45 |
| Number 41 S. Barnes |
C |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
42.9% |
20:34 |
| Number 55 D. Hamel |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
33.3% |
03:58 |
| Number 61 M. Afinogenov |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:53 |
| Number 77 C. Gratton |
C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
50% |
16:49 |
| Number 81 M. Satan |
R |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:22 |
| Number 4 R. Warrener |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
|
25:22 |
| Number 5 J. Woolley |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
15:54 |
| Number 42 R. Smehlik |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
21:12 |
| Number 44 A. Zhitnik |
D |
0 |
2 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
22:42 |
| Number 45 D. Kalinin |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
15:15 |
| Number 74 J. McKee |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
24:43 |
Buffalo Sabres goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 31 B. Essensa |
27 |
22 |
5 |
.815 |
62:42 |
Loss |
New York Rangers
New York Rangers skaters
| Player |
PosPosition |
GGoals | AAssists | PPoints | +/-Plus/minus | PIMPenalty minutes | SOGShots on goal | HITHits | BLKBlocked shots | PPGPower-play goals | FO%Faceoff percentage | TOITime on ice |
| Number 6 M. Malhotra |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
15:21 |
| Number 8 M. Grosek |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
10:21 |
| Number 10 S. McCarthy |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
03:33 |
| Number 11 M. Messier |
C |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
53.8% |
20:15 |
| Number 14 T. Fleury |
R |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
24:43 |
| Number 16 M. York |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
57.1% |
09:35 |
| Number 18 Z. Ciger |
L |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
16:48 |
| Number 20 R. Dvorak |
R |
1 |
1 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
22:38 |
| Number 26 A. Johansson |
L |
1 |
0 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
17:34 |
| Number 47 B. Heisten |
L |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
04:06 |
| Number 88 E. Lindros |
C |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
72.2% |
23:30 |
| Number 93 P. Nedved |
C |
0 |
2 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
63.6% |
17:40 |
| Number 2 B. Leetch |
D |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
26:36 |
| Number 5 D. Purinton |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
10:50 |
| Number 23 V. Malakhov |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
22:23 |
| Number 33 D. Karpa |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
|
15:26 |
| Number 34 B. Berard |
D |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
25:08 |
| Number 55 I. Ulanov |
D |
0 |
1 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
19:45 |
New York Rangers goalies
| Goalie |
SAShots against | SVSaves | GAGoals against | SV%Save percentage | TOITime on ice | DECDecision |
| Number 35 M. Richter |
25 |
21 |
4 |
.840 |
62:39 |
Win |
Penalties
Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers
| Period |
Time |
Team |
Player |
Infraction |
Minutes |
| 1st |
02:55 |
New York Rangers |
Zdeno Ciger |
Interference |
2 |
| 1st |
06:55 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Eric Boulton |
Hooking |
2 |
| 1st |
16:19 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Dmitri Kalinin |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
01:35 |
New York Rangers |
Eric Lindros |
Slashing |
2 |
| 2nd |
04:55 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Tim Connolly |
Tripping |
2 |
| 2nd |
11:11 |
New York Rangers |
Dale Purinton |
Slashing |
2 |
| 2nd |
17:56 |
Buffalo Sabres |
Eric Boulton |
Fighting (major) |
5 |
| 2nd |
17:56 |
New York Rangers |
Sandy McCarthy |
Fighting (major) |
5 |
| 3rd |
04:28 |
New York Rangers |
Theo Fleury |
High sticking |
2 |
| 3rd |
10:37 |
Buffalo Sabres |
J-P Dumont |
Roughing |
2 |
Game information
- Buffalo Sabres head coach
- Lindy Ruff
- New York Rangers head coach
- Ron Low
- Referees
- Mike Leggo, Kevin Pollock
- Linesmen
- Derek Amell, Scott Driscoll
- Buffalo Sabres scratches
- James Patrick, Erik Rasmussen, Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt
- New York Rangers scratches
- Sylvain Lefebvre, Jason Dawe, Jeff Toms, Darren Van Impe, Steve McKenna, Mike Mottau, Rico Fata, Tomas Kloucek, Peter Smrek, Richard Scott
2001-2002 season series
Every Buffalo Sabres and New York Rangers game in the 2001-2002 season
| Matchup |
Status |
Details |
 Buffalo Sabres
4
 at New York Rangers
5
|
Final/OT
|
Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, Sun, Oct 7, 2001
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New York Rangers
4
at Buffalo Sabres
2
|
Final
|
Game page: New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres, Sat, Nov 10, 2001
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New York Rangers
2
at Buffalo Sabres
2
|
Final/OT
|
Game page: New York Rangers at Buffalo Sabres, Tue, Nov 27, 2001
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Buffalo Sabres
2
at New York Rangers
4
|
Final
|
Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, Sat, Dec 15, 2001
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Details |
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Final
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Final
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