New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 7, 2000 · HSBC Arena

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2–5

30–30

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the New Jersey Devils 5–2 on Thursday, December 7, 2000 at HSBC Arena.

Petr Sykora scored twice. Chris Gratton, Curtis Brown, Stu Barnes, Vaclav Varada and Erik Rasmussen also scored.

Dominik Hasek made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Brodeur stopped 25 of 30.

Goals
NJD	0	1	1	2	30
BUF	1	3	1	5	30

Scoring

1st period

Chris Gratton (9)Maxim Afinogenov (11), Rhett Warrener (7)0–113:14 BUF

2nd period

Curtis Brown (4)Erik Rasmussen (3), Vaclav Varada (7)0–200:39 BUF
Stu Barnes (7)J-P Dumont (10), Miroslav Satan (12)0–301:29 BUF
Petr Sykora (6)Jason Arnott (7)1–317:19 NJD
Vaclav Varada (5)Curtis Brown (9), Richard Smehlik (3)1–418:02 BUF

3rd period

Petr Sykora (7)Jason Arnott (8), Colin White (7)2–404:51 NJD
Erik Rasmussen (4)Curtis Brown (10), Alexei Zhitnik (9)2–512:01 BUF ·

Team stats

NJDBUF

3030

44%56%

0/01/4

80

1310

109

917

27

Penalties

17:33 into the first periodAlexander Mogilny · tripping2 min
5:59 into the third periodScott Stevens · holding the stick2 min
11:39 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min
11:39 into the third periodKen Daneyko · roughing2 min

Season series

New Jersey Devils

New Jersey Devils skaters

17Petr SykoraR	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	–	17:09
25Jason ArnottC	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	52	14:13
5Colin WhiteD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:06
11John MaddenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	71	13:17
12Sergei NemchinovL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	17:03
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−2	4	0	1	0	23	13:55
18Sergei BrylinL	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	12:55
20Jay PandolfoL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:46
21Randy MckayR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	11:25
23Scott GomezC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:48
24Turner StevensonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:46
26Patrik EliasC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:57
89Alexander MogilnyR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	2	–	17:55
2Ken SuttonD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	18:18
3Ken DaneykoD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	4	–	19:58
4Scott StevensD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	3	2	–	22:09
27Scott NiedermayerD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	20:54
28Brian RafalskiD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	0	–	20:41

New Jersey Devils goalies
Goalie
30Martin BrodeurG	L	30	25	5	.833	60:00
31Chris TerreriG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

37Curtis BrownC	1	2	3	0	4	0	1	0	42	15:11
9Erik RasmussenC	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:54
25Vaclav VaradaR	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:34
17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	20:56
41Stu BarnesC	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	56	17:11
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	17:39
77Chris GrattonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	83	17:25
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	–	18:15
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	20:38
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	19:19
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	24:40
29Vladimir TsyplakovL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:16
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:59
52Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	17:12
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	+1	1	5	0	0	42	13:39
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:02
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	17:34
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	–	21:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
39Dominik HasekG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:49
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00