Buffalo Sabres vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Sunday, October 7, 2001 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Sunday, October 7, 2001 at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers outshot the Sabres 27-25.
Goals came from Eric Lindros, J-P Dumont, Stu Barnes, Vaclav Varada, Michal Grosek, Andreas Johansson, Radek Dvorak, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Brian Leetch.
Mike Richter made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 22 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Eric Lindros (1)Mark Messier (1), Radek Dvorak (1)0–108:13 NYR · PPG
J-P Dumont (1)Unassisted1–109:38 BUF
2nd period
Stu Barnes (2)Miroslav Satan (2), Alexei Zhitnik (2)2–101:59 BUF · PPG
Vaclav Varada (1)J-P Dumont (1)3–114:46 BUF
Michal Grosek (1)Petr Nedved (2), Zdeno Ciger (1)3–219:12 NYR
Andreas Johansson (1)Eric Lindros (1), Igor Ulanov (1)3–319:59 NYR
3rd period
Radek Dvorak (1)Manny Malhotra (1), Dave Karpa (1)3–403:11 NYR
Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)Alexei Zhitnik (3), Maxim Afinogenov (1)4–404:58 BUF · PPG
OT period
Brian Leetch (1)Petr Nedved (3), Zdeno Ciger (2)4–502:45 NYR
Team stats
BUFNYR
25Shots on goal27
39%Faceoff %61%
2/4Power play1/4
13Penalty minutes13
13Hits26
26Blocked shots16
14Giveaways18
11Takeaways21
Penalties
- 1st 02:55
Zdeno Ciger · interference2 min - 1st 06:55
Eric Boulton · hooking2 min - 1st 16:19Dmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 01:35Eric Lindros · slashing2 min
- 2nd 04:55Tim Connolly · tripping2 min
- 2nd 11:11Dale Purinton · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:56Eric Boulton · fighting5 min
- 2nd 17:56Sandy McCarthy · fighting5 min
- 3rd 04:28Theo Fleury · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 10:37J-P Dumont · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 | 22:42 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:34 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:23 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:58 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:58 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 16:49 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 25:22 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:12 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 24:43 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | L | 27 | 22 | 5 | .815 | 62:42 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
New York Rangers
| 18Zdeno CigerL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 20Radek DvorakR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 22:38 |
| 88Eric LindrosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:30 |
| 93Petr NedvedC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:40 |
| 6Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:21 |
| 8Michal GrosekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 10:21 |
| 11Mark MessierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 26Andreas JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 2Brian LeetchD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 26:36 |
| 33Dave KarpaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 55Igor UlanovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 10Sandy McCarthyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:33 |
| 14Theo FleuryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:43 |
| 16Mike YorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:35 |
| 47Barrett HeistenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:06 |
| 5Dale PurintonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:50 |
| 23Vladimir MalakhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 22:23 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dan BlackburnG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Mike RichterG | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 62:39 |