New York Rangers vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, March 14, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 6–3 on Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Rangers 32–27.
J-P Dumont scored twice. Steve Heinze, Radek Dvorak, Dave Andreychuk, Chris Gratton, Michal Grosek, Kim Johnsson and Vaclav Varada also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Guy Hebert stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Steve Heinze (23)Curtis Brown (18)0–106:00 BUF
Radek Dvorak (23)Brian Leetch (54), Mark Messier (35)1–109:21 NYR
2nd period
Dave Andreychuk (17)Rob Ray (5), Erik Rasmussen (13)1–203:25 BUF
J-P Dumont (22)Chris Gratton (17), Alexei Zhitnik (21)1–310:24 BUF · 
Chris Gratton (16)Alexei Zhitnik (22), Doug Gilmour (26)1–418:40 BUF ·
3rd period
Michal Grosek (6)Brian Leetch (55), Jan Hlavac (30)2–410:50 NYR · - J-P Dumont (23)Erik Rasmussen (14), Jay McKee (9)2–516:57 BUF
Kim Johnsson (4)Jan Hlavac (31), Petr Nedved (39)3–518:54 NYR · 
Vaclav Varada (10)Curtis Brown (19), Steve Heinze (21)3–619:30 BUF ·
Team stats
NYRBUF
2732
50%50%
2/72/6
5738
1415
1114
1312
410
Penalties
- 1:02 into the first period
Chris Gratton · high sticking2 min - 6:55 into the first period
Tomas Kloucek · interference2 min - 10:12 into the first periodRich Pilon · instigator2 min
- 10:12 into the first periodRich Pilon · fighting5 min
- 10:12 into the first periodRich Pilon · misconduct10 min
- 10:12 into the first periodRich Pilon · game misconduct10 min
- 13:46 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
- 17:32 into the first periodDoug Gilmour · holding the stick2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodMaxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min
- 6:26 into the second periodVaclav Varada · roughing2 min
- 9:11 into the second periodTomas Kloucek · high sticking2 min
- 17:40 into the second periodKim Johnsson · interference2 min
- 2:21 into the third periodMike York · holding2 min
- 9:55 into the third periodJason Woolley · hooking2 min
- 14:36 into the third periodVaclav Varada · tripping2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodRob Ray · unnecessary roughness2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodRob Ray · misconduct10 min
- 17:31 into the third periodRob Ray · game misconduct10 min
- 17:31 into the third periodRhett Warrener · interference2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodSandy McCarthy · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 17:31 into the third periodSandy McCarthy · misconduct10 min
- 17:31 into the third periodSandy McCarthy · game misconduct10 min
Season series
New York Rangers
| 27Jan HlavacL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 30:41 |
| 8Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 7 | 15:27 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:56 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:17 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:28 |
| 3Kim JohnssonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 27:43 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 08:51 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:21 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:05 |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:04 |
| 17Colin ForbesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 03:31 |
| 18Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:33 |
| 38Jeff UlmerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 05:43 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:47 |
| 22Tomas KloucekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:56 |
| 24Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:50 |
| 47Rich PilonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Guy HebertG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 09:45 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 14:00 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:41 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 14:54 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 26:04 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:13 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 04:12 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 08:23 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 24:52 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:40 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:54 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:53 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 27:35 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 27 | 3 | .889 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |