Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers

Regular season · Friday, December 8, 2000 · Madison Square Garden

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2–5

Final

SOG 25–27

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Game summary

The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday, December 8, 2000 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 27-25.

J-P Dumont scored twice and Theo Fleury scored twice. Michal Grosek, Mike York and Jan Hlavac also scored.

Mike Richter made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 22 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	25
NYR	1	1	3	5	27

Scoring

1st period

Michal Grosek (2)Mark Messier (18)0–109:16 NYR
J-P Dumont (9)Miroslav Satan (13), Richard Smehlik (4)1–110:07 BUF

2nd period

J-P Dumont (10)Stu Barnes (10), Jay McKee (1)2–108:34 BUF
Theo Fleury (18)Brian Leetch (30), Mark Messier (19)2–215:16 NYR

3rd period

Mike York (9)Dale Purinton (1)2–302:33 NYR
Theo Fleury (19)Unassisted2–403:59 NYR · PPG
Jan Hlavac (9)Radek Dvorak (17)2–512:28 NYR

Team stats

BUFNYR

25Shots on goal27

50%Faceoff %50%

0/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

16Hits25

18Blocked shots18

13Giveaways11

18Takeaways22

Penalties

1st 00:42Vaclav Varada · cross checking2 min
1st 06:26Sylvain Lefebvre · cross checking2 min
1st 20:00Miroslav Satan · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 12:47Theo Fleury · holding2 min
2nd 16:29Adam Graves · roughing2 min
3rd 03:20J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
3rd 08:39Rich Pilon · roughing2 min
3rd 14:25Vaclav Varada · cross checking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	2	0	2	0	4	1	0	2	–	18:18
41Stu BarnesC	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	39	21:25
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	21:36
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	0	–	16:06
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	16:55
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	–	18:01
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	-1	1	4	0	4	–	16:46
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:09
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	60	17:53
52Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	13:45
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	67	13:19
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	11:36
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	42	14:51
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	–	11:43
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	7	0	–	18:50
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	16:32
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	–	21:40
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	18:25

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Dominik HasekG	L	27	22	5	.815	59:48
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00

New York Rangers

New York Rangers skaters

11Mark MessierC	0	2	2	+2	0	3	0	0	58	18:12
14Theo FleuryR	2	0	2	0	6	0	1	2	25	21:38
8Michal GrosekL	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	14:13
18Mike YorkL	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	40	16:51
20Radek DvorakR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:20
27Jan HlavacL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:41
2Brian LeetchD	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	29:58
5Dale PurintonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	10:09
6Manny MalhotraC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	06:46
9Adam GravesL	0	0	0	+2	5	5	0	2	–	17:38
10Sandy McCarthyR	0	0	0	-1	2	2	2	0	–	11:26
26Tim TaylorC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	67	11:16
29Johan WitehallL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:29
93Petr NedvedC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	62	18:12
3Kim JohnssonD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	3	0	–	19:29
4Brad BrownD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	14:37
24Sylvain LefebvreD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	–	19:36
47Rich PilonD	0	0	0	-1	1	4	2	2	–	19:40

New York Rangers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Kirk McLeanG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Mike RichterG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:55