Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 2, 2001 · Mellon Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5–2 on Wednesday, May 2, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Sabres outshot the Penguins 28–17.
Stu Barnes scored twice. J-P Dumont, Martin Straka, Curtis Brown, Janne Laukkanen and Vladimir Tsyplakov also scored.
Dominik Hasek made 15 saves on 17 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 23 of 28.
Scoring
1st period
J-P Dumont (3)Donald Audette (3), Stu Barnes (3)1–001:28 BUF
Martin Straka (2)Mario Lemieux (6), Aleksey Morozov (3)1–111:10 PIT · 
Curtis Brown (4)Miroslav Satan (9)2–119:13 BUF ·
2nd period
Janne Laukkanen (2)Jaromir Jagr (7), Mario Lemieux (7)2–205:24 PIT
3rd period
Stu Barnes (2)Donald Audette (4), Jason Woolley (3)3–204:44 BUF
Vladimir Tsyplakov (1)Vaclav Varada (4), Alexei Zhitnik (6)4–214:24 BUF- Stu Barnes (3)Steve Heinze (3), J-P Dumont (2)5–218:09 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFPIT
2817
43%57%
1/21/2
66
3132
86
315
33
Penalties
- 6:12 into the first period
Rene Corbet · holding2 min - 9:49 into the first period
Alexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min - 18:04 into the first periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 3:29 into the second periodDave Andreychuk · roughing2 min
- 3:29 into the second periodMarc Bergevin · interference2 min
- 16:20 into the third periodMartin Straka · elbowing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Stu BarnesC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 15:06 |
| 28Donald AudetteR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 29Vladimir TsyplakovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 15:06 |
| 57Steve HeinzeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:11 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:12 |
| 52Dave AndreychukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:32 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:38 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 21:14 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39Dominik HasekG | W | 17 | 2 | .882 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
Pittsburgh Penguins
| 66Mario LemieuxC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 68Jaromir JagrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 82Martin StrakaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:46 |
| 95Aleksey MorozovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 5Janne LaukkanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:15 |
| 9Rene CorbetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:29 |
| 15Wayne PrimeauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:46 |
| 20Robert LangC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 22Dan LacoutureL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:36 |
| 25Kevin StevensL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:58 |
| 27Alex KovalevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:43 |
| 38Jan HrdinaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:31 |
| 3Marc BergevinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 7Andrew FerenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 8Hans JonssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 11Darius KasparaitisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 24Ian MoranD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 28 | 5 | .821 |
| 34Garth SnowG | 0 | 0 | – |