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Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh Penguins

Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh Regular Season Final

Final score

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, November 24, 2001 at home.

Team Goals 2001-2002 record
Buffalo Sabres 1 35-35-11-1
at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 28-41-8-5

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 1 0 0 1
Pittsburgh Penguins 0 2 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 9 4 6 19
Pittsburgh Penguins 16 8 3 27

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 04:52 Buffalo Sabres Alexei Zhitnik (1) Miroslav Satan (10), J-P Dumont (9) Power play BUF 1, PIT 0
2nd 05:32 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Moran (1) Wayne Primeau (2), Darius Kasparaitis (3) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 1
2nd 16:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Jan Hrdina (6) Aleksey Morozov (5), Michal Rozsival (3) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 2
3rd 12:30 Pittsburgh Penguins Kris Beech (1) Michal Rozsival (4), Billy Tibbetts (4) Even strength BUF 1, PIT 3

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

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins
Shots on goal 19 27
Power play 1 of 6 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 12 18
Hits 14 28
Blocked shots 7 14
Giveaways 2 4
Takeaways 4 2
Faceoffs won 27/64 (42.2%) 37/64 (57.8%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 E. Rasmussen C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 15:14
13 V. Kozlov L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 10:55
17 J. Dumont R 0 1 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0 13:29
18 T. Connolly C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 0 30.8% 18:25
25 V. Varada R 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 0 19:06
32 R. Ray R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 06:01
37 C. Brown C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 33.3% 16:55
41 S. Barnes C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 0 52.9% 19:08
55 D. Hamel L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 10:34
61 M. Afinogenov R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 13:43
77 C. Gratton C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53.8% 11:56
81 M. Satan R 0 1 1 -2 2 1 1 0 0 21:11
3 J. Patrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 19:29
5 J. Woolley D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 16:58
42 R. Smehlik D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 0 16:30
44 A. Zhitnik D 1 0 1 -1 0 3 2 0 1 29:45
51 B. Campbell D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 12:47
74 J. McKee D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 16:14
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
43 M. Biron 27 24 3 .889 58:48 Loss

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters
Player
12 B. Tibbetts R 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 0 0 75% 12:31
14 M. Kraft C 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0 61.5% 14:29
15 W. Primeau C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 1 0 46.2% 12:27
16 K. Beech C 1 0 1 +1 0 4 2 0 0 50% 12:35
17 T. Petersen C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 16.7% 16:40
20 R. Lang C 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 65% 22:11
27 A. Kovalev R 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 0 18:59
29 K. Oliwa L 0 0 0 +1 2 1 3 0 0 08:31
33 D. Lacouture L 0 0 0 +1 0 1 2 0 0 10:40
38 J. Hrdina C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 100% 19:54
44 S. Richer R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 06:34
95 A. Morozov R 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 0 0 11:14
2 J. Melichar D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 4 0 0 19:03
5 J. Laukkanen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 15:52
8 H. Jonsson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 17:16
11 D. Kasparaitis D 0 1 1 +1 4 1 7 4 0 21:11
24 I. Moran D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 1 5 0 23:04
28 M. Rozsival D 0 2 2 +2 4 2 0 0 0 19:50
Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1 J. Hedberg 19 18 1 .947 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 04:06 Pittsburgh Penguins Michal Rozsival Holding 2
1st 04:22 Pittsburgh Penguins Darius Kasparaitis Interference obstruction 2
1st 08:34 Buffalo Sabres Richard Smehlik Boarding 2
1st 08:34 Pittsburgh Penguins Krzysztof Oliwa Cross checking 2
1st 15:52 Buffalo Sabres Miroslav Satan High sticking 2
1st 15:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Janne Laukkanen Holding 2
1st 18:24 Buffalo Sabres Stu Barnes Delaying game 2
2nd 02:43 Buffalo Sabres Rob Ray Elbowing 2
2nd 06:19 Pittsburgh Penguins Darius Kasparaitis Roughing 2
2nd 10:17 Pittsburgh Penguins Michal Rozsival Roughing 2
2nd 11:03 Buffalo Sabres Vaclav Varada Tripping 2
2nd 20:00 Buffalo Sabres J-P Dumont Roughing 2
2nd 20:00 Pittsburgh Penguins Ian Moran Roughing 2
3rd 08:52 Pittsburgh Penguins Alex Kovalev Interference obstruction 2
3rd 12:48 Pittsburgh Penguins Milan Kraft High sticking 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach
Rick Kehoe
Referees
Kevin Pollock, Stephen Walkom
Linesmen
Brad Kovachik, Dan Schachte
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Rory Fitzpatrick, Rhett Warrener, Eric Boulton, Henrik Tallinder, Dmitri Kalinin, Norman Milley, Ales Kotalik, Taylor Pyatt
Pittsburgh Penguins scratches
Mario Lemieux, Kevin Stevens, Martin Straka, Mike Wilson, John Jakopin, Eric Meloche, Andrew Ference, Tom Kostopoulos, Shane Endicott

2001-2002 season series

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 4 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Nov 24

Matchup Status Details
San Jose Sharks 1 at Los Angeles Kings 3 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 6 at Ottawa Senators 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 2 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Montreal Canadiens 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 3 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 5 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
Phoenix Coyotes 3 at St. Louis Blues 5 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 0 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page

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