Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Tuesday, December 21, 1999 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 3–1 on Tuesday, December 21, 1999 at Madison Square Garden. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 35–29.
Goals came from Curtis Brown, Miroslav Satan, Dixon Ward and Mike Knuble.
Martin Biron made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Richter stopped 32 of 35.
Scoring
2nd period
Curtis Brown (12)Jason Woolley (8), Brian Campbell (3)1–012:08 BUF ·
3rd period
Miroslav Satan (15)Michal Grosek (15), Curtis Brown (10)2–007:08 BUF
Dixon Ward (3)Jay McKee (8), Michael Peca (10)3–009:43 BUF · 
Mike Knuble (7)Petr Nedved (15), Mathieu Schneider (6)3–114:25 NYR ·
Team stats
BUFNYR
3529
32%68%
1/41/6
128
2330
2417
1020
78
Penalties
- 6:22 into the first period
Michal Grosek · hooking obstruction2 min - 6:45 into the first period
Mathieu Schneider · interference2 min - 15:27 into the first periodJames Patrick · cross checking2 min
- 19:55 into the first periodMichael Peca · interference2 min
- 0:41 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · tripping2 min
- 11:07 into the second periodMathieu Schneider · holding2 min
- 16:03 into the second periodSylvain Lefebvre · hooking2 min
- 8:50 into the third periodBrian Holzinger · holding obstruction2 min
- 11:28 into the third periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
- 11:28 into the third periodJames Patrick · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 15Dixon WardL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:41 |
| 18Michal GrosekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 27Michael PecaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 20:52 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:51 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:26 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:58 |
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 19Brian HolzingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:07 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:08 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:55 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:08 |
| 6Cory SarichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
New York Rangers
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 19:50 |
| 21Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:54 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 10Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 12Alexandre DaigleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:06 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:32 |
| 15John MacLeanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:37 |
| 17Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:08 |
| 18Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 26Tim TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 27Jan HlavacL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 28Eric LacroixL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 3Kim JohnssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 4Kevin HatcherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:13 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:40 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:59 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Mike RichterG | L | 35 | 3 | .914 |