Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Wednesday, April 4, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Wednesday, April 4, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Bruins 27-22.
Goals came from Mikko Eloranta, Brian Rolston, Doug Gilmour, Jason Allison and James Patrick.
Byron Dafoe made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 19 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
Mikko Eloranta (11)Andrei Kovalenko (20)1–003:52 BOS
3rd period
Brian Rolston (19)Unassisted2–002:23 BOS
Doug Gilmour (7)Maxim Afinogenov (22), Erik Rasmussen (19)2–111:36 BUF
Jason Allison (36)Sergei Samsonov (46), Bill Guerin (44)3–114:41 BOS
James Patrick (4)J-P Dumont (28), Donald Audette (44)3–217:46 BUF
Team stats
BOSBUF
22Shots on goal27
61%Faceoff %39%
0/2Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes4
19Hits26
11Blocked shots11
14Giveaways17
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 2nd 00:22
Steve Heinze · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:39Erik Rasmussen · interference2 min
- 2nd 07:13
Bill Guerin · holding2 min - 2nd 17:48Bill Guerin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:59Peter Popovic · holding2 min
Season series
Boston Bruins
| 12Brian RolstonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:42 |
| 13Bill GuerinR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 14Sergei SamsonovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:25 |
| 22Mikko ElorantaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:03 |
| 41Jason AllisonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:33 |
| 51Andrei KovalenkoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 23:09 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:13 |
| 29Dixon WardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:52 |
| 37Lee GorenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:18 |
| 62Andrei NazarovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 01:18 |
| 18Kyle McLarenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:56 |
| 23Peter PopovicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:34 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 27Eric WeinrichD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 25:52 |
| 32Don SweeneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:40 |
| 64Jarno KultanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Byron DafoeG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 60:00 |
| 35Peter SkudraG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:10 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:04 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:55 |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:12 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:43 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:33 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:16 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:48 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 22 | 19 | 3 | .864 | 59:04 |