Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres

HSBC Arena, Buffalo Regular Season Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4–1 on Sunday, October 14, 2001 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team Goals 2001-2002 record
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 28-41-8-5
at Buffalo Sabres 4 35-35-11-1

Goals by period

Goals by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 0 1 1
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 3 4

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Team 1st period 2nd period 3rd period Total
Pittsburgh Penguins 5 8 13 26
Buffalo Sabres 14 9 11 34

Scoring summary

Every goal, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 19:33 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan (3) Alexei Zhitnik (4), Vaclav Varada (2) Power play PIT 0, BUF 1
3rd 02:33 Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov (2) Unassisted Even strength PIT 0, BUF 2
3rd 03:18 Pittsburgh Penguins Martin Straka (3) Unassisted Even strength PIT 1, BUF 2
3rd 13:40 Buffalo Sabres James Patrick (1) Vaclav Varada (3), Curtis Brown (3) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 3
3rd 18:01 Buffalo Sabres Vyacheslav Kozlov (3) Maxim Afinogenov (2) Even strength PIT 1, BUF 4

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

Team stats

Team stats, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Stat Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal 26 34
Power play 0 of 4 1 of 8
Penalty minutes 28 30
Hits 15 21
Blocked shots 12 7
Giveaways 20 16
Takeaways 3 9
Faceoffs won 37/68 (54.4%) 31/68 (45.6%)

Box score

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player Position GoalsAssistsPointsPlus/minusPenalty minutesShots on goalHitsBlocked shotsPower-play goalsFaceoff percentageTime on ice
Number 14 M. Kraft C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 0 69.2% 13:12
Number 16 K. Beech C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 13:13
Number 20 R. Lang C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 39.1% 20:47
Number 25 K. Stevens L 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 04:35
Number 27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 22:19
Number 33 D. Lacouture L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 13:15
Number 38 J. Hrdina C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 50% 16:29
Number 44 S. Richer R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 14:51
Number 66 M. Lemieux C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 73.9% 22:52
Number 82 M. Straka C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 0 20:18
Number 95 A. Morozov R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 14:15
Number 2 J. Melichar D 0 0 0 -2 5 0 1 1 0 17:29
Number 4 M. Wilson D 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 16:21
Number 7 A. Ference D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 20:52
Number 11 D. Kasparaitis D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 17:54
Number 23 J. Jakopin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 08:35
Number 24 I. Moran D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 1 0 11:50
Number 28 M. Rozsival D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 0 17:30
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 1 J. Hedberg 34 30 4 .882 59:53 Loss

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 -1 2 0 1 0 0 12:50
Number 13 V. Kozlov L 2 0 2 +2 0 3 1 0 0 15:21
Number 17 J. Dumont R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 0 0 10:38
Number 18 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0 33.3% 19:26
Number 25 V. Varada R 0 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 0 16:56
Number 32 R. Ray R 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 04:36
Number 37 C. Brown C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 0 0 55.6% 15:53
Number 41 S. Barnes C 0 0 0 +2 2 4 0 0 0 36.4% 20:19
Number 55 D. Hamel L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 07:36
Number 61 M. Afinogenov R 0 1 1 +2 0 7 0 0 0 16:19
Number 77 C. Gratton C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 66.7% 10:49
Number 81 M. Satan R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 22:24
Number 3 J. Patrick D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 15:31
Number 4 R. Warrener D 0 0 0 +2 17 0 2 1 0 14:45
Number 5 J. Woolley D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 21:20
Number 42 R. Smehlik D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 20:09
Number 44 A. Zhitnik D 0 1 1 -1 0 4 3 0 0 27:38
Number 74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 +2 2 1 1 3 0 19:35
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie Shots againstSavesGoals againstSave percentageTime on iceDecision
Number 43 M. Biron 26 25 1 .962 59:53 Win

Penalties

Penalties, Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres
Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Beech Slashing 2
1st 05:42 Pittsburgh Penguins Aleksey Morozov High sticking 2
1st 08:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Darius Kasparaitis Tripping 2
1st 11:23 Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Wilson Roughing 2
1st 14:39 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Instigator 2
1st 14:39 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Fighting (major) 5
1st 14:39 Buffalo Sabres Rhett Warrener Misconduct (misconduct) 10
1st 14:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Stevens Boarding 2
1st 14:39 Pittsburgh Penguins Kevin Stevens Fighting (major) 5
1st 19:04 Pittsburgh Penguins Johan Hedberg Delaying game 2
2nd 04:05 Buffalo Sabres Erik Rasmussen Tripping 2
2nd 07:24 Pittsburgh Penguins Milan Kraft Slashing 2
2nd 08:49 Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes Interference 2
2nd 16:02 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Moran Hooking 2
2nd 18:57 Buffalo Sabres Jay McKee Holding the stick 2
3rd 08:45 Buffalo Sabres Chris Gratton Roughing 2
3rd 19:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Mike Wilson Roughing 2
3rd 19:57 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Fighting (major) 5
3rd 19:57 Pittsburgh Penguins Josef Melichar Fighting (major) 5

Game information

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Ivan Hlinka
Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Referees
Stephane Auger, Bill McCreary
Linesmen
Steve Miller, Brian Murphy
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Krzysztof Oliwa, Hans Jonsson, Wayne Primeau, Eric Meloche, Tom Kostopoulos, Toby Petersen, Billy Tibbetts, Shane Endicott
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Eric Boulton, Henrik Tallinder, Brian Campbell, Dmitri Kalinin, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt

2001-2002 season series

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