Buffalo Sabres vs New York Islanders
Regular season · Saturday, December 30, 2000 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Islanders 2-0 on Saturday, December 30, 2000 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Sabres outshot the Islanders 26-15.
Goals came from Denis Hamel and Erik Rasmussen.
Martin Biron made 15 saves on 15 shots for the win; John Vanbiesbrouck stopped 24 of 25.
Scoring
2nd period
Denis Hamel (5)Miroslav Satan (17), Richard Smehlik (8)1–013:13 BUF · SHG
3rd period
Erik Rasmussen (7)Richard Smehlik (9)2–019:14 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFNYI
26Shots on goal15
55%Faceoff %45%
0/6Power play0/4
15Penalty minutes19
32Hits52
10Blocked shots20
7Giveaways4
3Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:21
Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min - 1st 04:44
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 09:04Ray Schultz · tripping2 min
- 1st 15:33Rob Ray · high sticking2 min
- 1st 15:33Rob Ray · fighting5 min
- 1st 15:33Ray Schultz · roughing2 min
- 1st 15:33Ray Schultz · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:16Branislav Mezei · tripping2 min
- 1st 18:13Dave Andreychuk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:42Dave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:33Mark Lawrence · slashing2 min
- 3rd 08:40Evgeny Korolev · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:01John Vanbiesbrouck · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 16:53Rhett Warrener · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:43 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:01 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:28 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:59 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:19 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:51 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 23:16 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:51 |
New York Islanders
| 11Bill MuckaltR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 12Oleg KvashaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:49 |
| 13Claude LapointeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 17Taylor PyattL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 21Mariusz CzerkawskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 24Mark LawrenceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:52 |
| 25Juraj KolnikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:51 |
| 26Jeff TomsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:26 |
| 27Mark ParrishR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:49 |
| 38Dave ScatchardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 44Jesse BelangerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:30 |
| 2Branislav MezeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 3Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:09 |
| 28Garry GalleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 24:58 |
| 32Aris BrimanisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:31 |
| 36Evgeny KorolevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 |
| 39Ray SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Wade FlahertyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | L | 25 | 24 | 1 | .960 | 59:52 |