Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators
Regular season · Saturday, January 6, 2001 · Gaylord Entertainment Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Nashville Predators 2-0 on Saturday, January 6, 2001 at Gaylord Entertainment Center. The Predators outshot the Sabres 29-26.
Goals came from Chris Gratton and Stu Barnes.
Martin Biron made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 24 of 26.
Scoring
1st period
Chris Gratton (10)Richard Smehlik (11), Vaclav Varada (9)1–010:25 BUF
2nd period
Stu Barnes (9)J-P Dumont (17)2–019:16 BUF
Team stats
BUFNSH
26Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
0/1Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes2
14Hits16
8Blocked shots12
10Giveaways17
11Takeaways6
Penalties
- 3rd 04:16
Denis Hamel · interference2 min - 3rd 06:35Stu Barnes · hooking2 min
- 3rd 10:47Rhett Warrener · tripping2 min
- 3rd 13:31
Drake Berehowsky · hooking2 min - 3rd 14:12Chris Gratton · hooking2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:38 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:08 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:42 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 22:49 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:55 |
| 16Chris TaylorC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:35 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:35 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:39 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:59 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:33 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:25 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
Nashville Predators
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 10Patric KjellbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:03 |
| 11David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:17 |
| 12Rob ValicevicR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:45 |
| 17Scott HartnellL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:50 |
| 21Tom FitzgeraldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:09 |
| 22Greg JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:32 |
| 24Scott WalkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 20:35 |
| 27Randy RobitailleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 |
| 39Marian CisarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 43Vitali YachmenevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 15Drake BerehowskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 23:30 |
| 23Bill HoulderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 21:51 |
| 32Cale HulseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 38Alexandre BoikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 41Richard LintnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:00 |
| 44Kimmo TimonenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:57 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Mike DunhamG | L | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 58:54 |
| 29Tomas VokounG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |