Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Playoffs · Tuesday, May 8, 2001 · Mellon Arena

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2–3

18–33

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, May 8, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 33–18.

Goals came from Maxim Afinogenov, Alex Kovalev, Donald Audette, Mario Lemieux and Martin Straka.

Johan Hedberg made 16 saves on 18 shots for the win; Dominik Hasek stopped 30 of 33.

Goals
BUF	1	1	0	0	2	18
PIT	0	1	1	1	3	33

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Afinogenov (2)Steve Heinze (4)1–009:26 BUF

2nd period

Alex Kovalev (4)Martin Straka (4), Janne Laukkanen (2)1–105:14 PIT
Donald Audette (3)Rhett Warrener (2)2–115:12 BUF

3rd period

Mario Lemieux (6)Alex Kovalev (3), Martin Straka (5)2–218:42 PIT

Overtime

Martin Straka (3)Alex Kovalev (4), Robert Lang (3)2–311:29 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

1833

54%46%

0/20/5

126

1524

1111

418

34

Penalties

3:06 into the first periodChris Gratton · roughing2 min
7:21 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · hooking2 min
10:55 into the first periodAlex Kovalev · cross checking2 min
7:23 into the second periodRene Corbet · interference goalkeeper2 min
15:37 into the second periodVladimir Tsyplakov · roughing2 min
15:37 into the second periodAndrew Ference · roughing2 min
18:53 into the second periodVaclav Varada · high sticking2 min
1:16 into the third periodDmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min
13:55 into the third periodSteve Heinze · boarding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

28Donald AudetteR	1	0	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	1	1	26	19:26
57Steve HeinzeR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	0	0	22	18:04
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	12	07:28
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	1	1	−2	1	2	1	0	–	0	1	34	25:54
17J-P DumontR	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	100	0	0	23	17:47
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	0	0	28	18:46
29Vladimir TsyplakovL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	0	0	22	15:17
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	54	0	0	31	20:02
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	53	1	0	30	22:31
52Dave AndreychukL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	0	0	14	11:15
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	70	0	0	17	14:24
81Miroslav SatanR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	26	20:34
93Doug GilmourC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	36	0	0	21	16:43
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	0	0	26	21:12
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	19	14:56
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	29	23:52
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	0	1	34	32:31
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	1	0	30	24:46

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
39Dominik HasekG	L	33	30	3	.909	71:29
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

27Alex KovalevR	1	2	3	+2	1	0	0	2	–	2	0	27	20:41
82Martin StrakaC	1	2	3	+2	7	3	0	0	–	0	0	26	23:48
20Robert LangC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	45	0	2	28	22:33
66Mario LemieuxC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	61	2	0	30	26:18
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	1	1	+2	4	3	3	0	–	1	0	35	25:45
9Rene CorbetL	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	2	–	0	0	17	12:05
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	27	0	0	19	14:39
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	45	0	0	17	11:23
18Josef BeranekL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	0	1	18	13:31
25Kevin StevensL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	25	20:36
38Jan HrdinaC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	40	0	0	16	11:26
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	29	25:53
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	0	0	15	11:52
6Bob BoughnerD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	–	2	0	23	17:35
7Andrew FerenceD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	2	–	1	0	37	26:57
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	2	0	–	4	1	25	20:33
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	3	0	32	22:21
24Ian MoranD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	2	0	34	23:44

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	18	16	2	.889	70:20
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:54