Buffalo Sabres vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, October 20, 2001 · Centre Molson
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Montréal Canadiens 3–1 on Saturday, October 20, 2001 at Centre Molson. The Canadiens outshot the Sabres 30–23.
Goals came from Vyacheslav Kozlov, Richard Zednik, Chris Gratton and Erik Rasmussen.
Martin Biron made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 19 of 21.
Scoring
1st period
Vyacheslav Kozlov (5)Alexei Zhitnik (6), Stu Barnes (2)1–001:42 BUF
3rd period
Richard Zednik (1)Doug Gilmour (1), Martin Rucinsky (3)1–116:33 MTL
Chris Gratton (2)Maxim Afinogenov (3), Jay McKee (2)2–116:55 BUF
Erik Rasmussen (1)Curtis Brown (5)3–119:40 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFMTL
2330
51%49%
0/60/5
1214
1617
2315
2319
43
Penalties
- 3:59 into the first period
Chris Gratton · slashing2 min - 8:17 into the first period
Chad Kilger · interference2 min - 12:53 into the first periodReid Simpson · interference2 min
- 14:53 into the first periodChris Gratton · tripping2 min
- 18:20 into the first periodSheldon Souray · holding2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodCurtis Brown · high sticking2 min
- 10:55 into the second periodChad Kilger · tripping2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min
- 16:21 into the second periodBrian Savage · high sticking2 min
- 19:49 into the second periodStephane Quintal · holding the stick2 min
- 6:33 into the third periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 9:02 into the third periodSheldon Souray · roughing2 min
- 12:30 into the third periodTim Connolly · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:50 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 11:45 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:56 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:39 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:50 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:33 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:36 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 30 | 1 | .967 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:07 |
| 26Martin RucinskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 93Doug GilmourC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 |
| 17Benoit BrunetL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 24Andreas DackellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:07 |
| 25Chad KilgerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 37Patrick PoulinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:17 |
| 38Jan BulisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:43 |
| 39Reid SimpsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 01:16 |
| 49Brian SavageL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:02 |
| 90Joe JuneauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 94Yanic PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:18 |
| 5Stephane QuintalD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 28Karl DykhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:06 |
| 43Patrice BriseboisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:50 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:03 |
| 56Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:03 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jeff HackettG | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | L | 21 | 2 | .905 |