San Jose Sharks vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, October 23, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Tuesday, October 23, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Sharks 28-20.
Goals came from Vaclav Varada, Tim Connolly, Maxim Afinogenov, Marco Sturm and Rhett Warrener.
Martin Biron made 19 saves on 20 shots for the win; Miikka Kiprusoff stopped 24 of 27.
Scoring
2nd period
Vaclav Varada (2)Jay McKee (3), J-P Dumont (2)0–104:19 BUF
Tim Connolly (2)Unassisted0–213:21 BUF
3rd period
Maxim Afinogenov (3)Chris Gratton (3)0–306:44 BUF
Marco Sturm (2)Patrick Marleau (5), Brad Stuart (1)1–316:55 SJS
Rhett Warrener (1)Unassisted1–419:38 BUF · EN
Team stats
SJSBUF
20Shots on goal28
51%Faceoff %49%
0/4Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes8
18Hits17
7Blocked shots14
16Giveaways17
4Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 06:23
Bryan Marchment · interference2 min - 1st 14:48
Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min - 1st 19:51Dmitri Kalinin · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:23Scott Hannan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:17Erik Rasmussen · hooking obstruction2 min
- 2nd 17:27Brad Stuart · elbowing2 min
- 3rd 11:16Niklas Sundstrom · slashing2 min
- 3rd 11:55Alexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
San Jose Sharks
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:46 |
| 19Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 7Brad StuartD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:32 |
| 8Teemu SelanneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 9Adam GravesL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 11Owen NolanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:02 |
| 13Todd HarveyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:02 |
| 16Mark SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:03 |
| 17Scott ThorntonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:02 |
| 18Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 24Niklas SundstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 25Vincent DamphousseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:21 |
| 32Stephane MatteauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:02 |
| 5Jeff JillsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 10Marcus RagnarssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 26:08 |
| 20Gary SuterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 |
| 27Bryan MarchmentD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 37Miikka KiprusoffG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:11 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:06 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:10 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 4Rhett WarrenerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 21:35 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:32 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:09 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:19 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:38 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:42 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 24:50 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:51 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 20 | 19 | 1 | .950 | 60:00 |