Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 3, 2001 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 3–2 in overtime on Saturday, March 3, 2001 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 35–16.
Goals came from Curtis Brown, Doug Gilmour, Peter Forsberg, Joe Sakic and Stu Barnes.
Martin Biron made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 13 of 16.
Scoring
1st period
Curtis Brown (7)Vladimir Tsyplakov (7), Jay McKee (7)1–003:28 BUF
Doug Gilmour (5)Jason Woolley (16), Chris Gratton (16)2–018:17 BUF ·
2nd period
Peter Forsberg (24)Rob Blake (35), Martin Skoula (11)2–109:08 COL
Joe Sakic (37)Milan Hejduk (27), Rob Blake (36)2–219:56 COL ·
Overtime
Stu Barnes (17)J-P Dumont (25)3–202:08 BUF
Team stats
BUFCOL
1635
57%43%
1/11/4
3428
3727
1212
38
1613
Penalties
- 6:30 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min - 12:24 into the first periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 12:24 into the first period
Scott Parker · roughing2 min - 17:14 into the first periodAlex Tanguay · interference2 min
- 19:11 into the first periodJay McKee · delaying game2 min
- 19:11 into the first periodPeter Forsberg · cross checking2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 8:16 into the second periodEric Boulton · misconduct10 min
- 8:16 into the second periodChris Dingman · roughing2 min
- 8:16 into the second periodChris Dingman · misconduct10 min
- 8:16 into the second periodScott Parker · misconduct10 min
- 15:50 into the second periodErik Rasmussen · roughing2 min
- 19:47 into the second periodStu Barnes · holding2 min
- 7:41 into the third periodChris Gratton · interference2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:46 |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:29 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:20 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:30 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:39 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 24:01 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:05 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 27:43 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 8 | 19:37 |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 21:20 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 25:31 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 11Chris DingmanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:16 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 14Dave ReidL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:35 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:12 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 |
| 37Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 20:01 |
| 39Ville NieminenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:22 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 24Jon KlemmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:26 |
| 44Nolan PrattD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:28 |
| 77Ray BourqueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 16 | 3 | .813 |