San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2000 · HSBC Arena

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2–5

Final

SOG 32–24

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Saturday, December 23, 2000 at HSBC Arena. The Sharks outshot the Sabres 32-24.

Miroslav Satan scored twice. Scott Thornton, J-P Dumont, Maxim Afinogenov, Gary Suter and Doug Gilmour also scored.

Dominik Hasek made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Steve Shields stopped 19 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	1	1	0	2	32
BUF	3	1	1	5	24

Scoring

1st period

Scott Thornton (9)Owen Nolan (11), Gary Suter (8)1–004:09 SJS
Miroslav Satan (10)Curtis Brown (12), Richard Smehlik (6)1–109:23 BUF · SHG
J-P Dumont (15)Alexei Zhitnik (13), Miroslav Satan (16)1–216:06 BUF · PPG
Maxim Afinogenov (6)Erik Rasmussen (5), Chris Gratton (7)1–317:57 BUF

2nd period

Miroslav Satan (11)J-P Dumont (14), Jay McKee (2)1–407:15 BUF
Gary Suter (6)Owen Nolan (12), Vincent Damphousse (29)2–410:36 SJS · PPG

3rd period

Doug Gilmour (2)Jason Woolley (7), Chris Gratton (8)2–508:32 BUF · PPG

Team stats

SJSBUF

32Shots on goal24

49%Faceoff %51%

1/6Power play2/5

12Penalty minutes14

16Hits18

11Blocked shots9

10Giveaways10

0Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 07:49Chris Gratton · roughing2 min
1st 11:17Bryan Marchment · cross checking2 min
1st 15:58Scott Hannan · roughing2 min
2nd 00:08Bryan Marchment · slashing2 min
2nd 04:36J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
2nd 04:36Todd Harvey · roughing2 min
2nd 09:10Jay McKee · slashing2 min
2nd 10:03Vaclav Varada · slashing2 min
3rd 02:14Miroslav Satan · high sticking2 min
3rd 07:10Vincent Damphousse · slashing2 min
3rd 11:02Marcus Ragnarsson · hooking2 min
3rd 11:52J-P Dumont · high sticking2 min
3rd 13:54Miroslav Satan · roughing2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

11Owen NolanR	0	2	2	-1	5	2	2	0	17	21:43
20Gary SuterD	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	–	23:27
17Scott ThorntonL	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	14:46
25Vincent DamphousseC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	61	18:13
9Todd HarveyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	100	12:06
14Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	62	19:10
15Alexander KorolyukL	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	–	15:07
18Mike RicciC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	40	19:57
19Marco SturmL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	40	14:41
21Tony GranatoR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	05:34
24Niklas SundstromR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	11:12
32Stephane MatteauL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	05:10
39Jeff FriesenL	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	0	–	17:19
2Bobby DollasD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:53
7Brad StuartD	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	–	27:27
10Marcus RagnarssonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	22:09
22Scott HannanD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	2	–	15:40
27Bryan MarchmentD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	–	19:18

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Steve ShieldsG	L	24	19	5	.792	59:57
35Evgeni NabokovG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

81Miroslav SatanR	2	1	3	+2	5	0	0	4	–	18:02
17J-P DumontR	1	1	2	+1	4	3	0	4	–	15:56
77Chris GrattonC	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	2	46	12:39
9Erik RasmussenC	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	67	14:57
37Curtis BrownC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	80	07:49
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	10:43
93Doug GilmourC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	75	15:46
5Jason WoolleyD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	18:22
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	–	14:21
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	24:21
74Jay McKeeD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	2	–	21:12
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	–	17:43
26Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	10:13
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:40
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	46	18:40
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33	15:27
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:01
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	20:43

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Dominik HasekG	W	32	30	2	.938	59:59
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00