Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings

Joe Louis Arena, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Friday, October 12, 2001 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team Goals 2001-2002 record
Buffalo Sabres 2 35-35-11-1
at Detroit Red Wings 4 51-17-10-4

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 1 0 2
Detroit Red Wings 0 3 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Buffalo Sabres 8 11 12 31
Detroit Red Wings 10 19 8 37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 16:50 Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes (4) Tim Connolly (1), Miroslav Satan (3) Even strength BUF 1, DET 0
2nd 02:57 Detroit Red Wings Luc Robitaille (1) Nicklas Lidstrom (3), Tomas Holmstrom (1) Even strength BUF 1, DET 1
2nd 04:10 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (2) Dmitri Kalinin (1), Tim Connolly (2) Even strength BUF 2, DET 1
2nd 15:08 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Shanahan (6) Sergei Fedorov (3) Even strength BUF 2, DET 2
2nd 17:34 Detroit Red Wings Fredrik Olausson (1) Brendan Shanahan (2), Sergei Fedorov (4) Even strength BUF 2, DET 3
3rd 19:54 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Shanahan (7) Nicklas Lidstrom (4), Chris Chelios (3) Power play, Empty net BUF 2, DET 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Stat Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings
Shots on goal 31 37
Power play 0 of 5 1 of 6
Penalty minutes 12 10
Hits 10 25
Blocked shots 12 13
Giveaways 11 22
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 21/63 (33.3%) 42/63 (66.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 9 E. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 1 0 16.7% 12:31
Number 13 V. Kozlov L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 14:54
Number 17 J. Dumont R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 12:53
Number 18 T. Connolly C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 1 0 41.7% 18:59
Number 25 V. Varada R 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 14:08
Number 32 R. Ray R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 04:55
Number 37 C. Brown C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12.5% 16:24
Number 41 S. Barnes C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 54.5% 16:47
Number 55 D. Hamel L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 07:41
Number 61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 15:04
Number 77 C. Gratton C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 54.5% 12:27
Number 81 M. Satan R 1 1 2 +1 0 6 1 0 0 22:16
Number 4 R. Warrener D 0 0 0 -1 4 2 3 2 0 19:58
Number 5 J. Woolley D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 1 0 16:59
Number 42 R. Smehlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 20:45
Number 44 A. Zhitnik D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 1 0 26:21
Number 45 D. Kalinin D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 1 0 15:42
Number 74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 0 20:26
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 43 M. Biron 36 33 3 .917 59:23 Loss

Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 8 I. Larionov C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 60% 13:42
Number 11 M. Dandenault R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15:12
Number 13 P. Datsyuk C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:18
Number 14 B. Shanahan L 2 1 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 21:28
Number 17 B. Hull R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:19
Number 18 K. Maltby L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 6 1 0 11:58
Number 19 S. Yzerman C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 77.3% 18:23
Number 20 L. Robitaille L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 12:00
Number 25 D. McCarty R 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 12:21
Number 29 J. Williams C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 44.4% 07:08
Number 33 K. Draper C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 100% 17:58
Number 91 S. Fedorov C 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 2 0 66.7% 20:03
Number 96 T. Holmstrom L 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 10:42
Number 2 J. Fischer D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 15:38
Number 5 N. Lidstrom D 0 2 2 +1 0 4 0 1 0 26:08
Number 24 C. Chelios D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 25:17
Number 27 F. Olausson D 1 0 1 +2 0 3 0 0 0 18:27
Number 32 M. Kuznetsov D 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 3 0 14:47
Detroit Red Wings goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 39 D. Hasek 31 29 2 .936 60:00 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:36 Detroit Red Wings Maxim Kuznetsov Interference 2
1st 08:47 Buffalo Sabres Jason Woolley Holding the stick 2
1st 10:17 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Tripping 2
1st 13:27 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Holding 2
1st 14:48 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Shanahan Tripping 2
2nd 08:38 Detroit Red Wings Tomas Holmstrom Cross checking 2
2nd 16:02 Detroit Red Wings Darren McCarty Tripping 2
2nd 17:07 Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik Slashing 2
2nd 19:45 Detroit Red Wings Brendan Shanahan Tripping 2
3rd 08:04 Buffalo Sabres Vaclav Varada Holding the stick 2
3rd 19:29 Buffalo Sabres Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Detroit Red Wings head coach
Scotty Bowman
Referees
Kerry Fraser, Rob Martell
Linesmen
Don Henderson, Stephane Provost
Buffalo Sabres scratches
James Patrick, Eric Boulton, Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt
Detroit Red Wings scratches
Steve Duchesne, Brent Gilchrist, Uwe Krupp, Ladislav Kohn, Boyd Devereaux, Jesse Wallin, Yuri Butsayev, Sean Avery

2001-2002 season series

Every Buffalo Sabres and Detroit Red Wings game in the 2001-2002 season
Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Detroit Red Wings, Fri, Oct 12, 2001
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Buffalo Sabres, Sun, Mar 10, 2002

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