Buffalo Sabres vs New Jersey Devils
Regular season · Saturday, October 27, 2001 · Continental Airlines Arena
Game summary
The New Jersey Devils beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, October 27, 2001 at Continental Airlines Arena. The Sabres outshot the Devils 21–11.
Goals came from Jason Arnott, J-P Dumont, Petr Sykora and Bobby Holik.
Martin Brodeur made 20 saves on 21 shots for the win; Bob Essensa stopped 8 of 10.
Scoring
1st period
Jason Arnott (6)Patrik Elias (9), Brian Rafalski (5)0–112:32 NJD ·
2nd period
J-P Dumont (2)Unassisted1–101:40 BUF
3rd period
Petr Sykora (4)Jason Arnott (5), Bobby Holik (2)1–216:01 NJD ·
Bobby Holik (2)Sergei Brylin (3), Randy Mckay (1)1–319:01 NJD ·
Team stats
BUFNJD
2111
52%48%
0/22/3
64
2029
139
811
159
Penalties
- 12:27 into the first period
Brian Campbell · cross checking2 min
- 13:47 into the first period
Sergei Nemchinov · high sticking2 min
- 4:12 into the second period
J-P Dumont · diving2 min
- 13:15 into the third period
Patrik Elias · tripping2 min
- 15:09 into the third period
Curtis Brown · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:33 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 26Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:51 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:34 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:13 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:29 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:30 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:00 |
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:10 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | L | 10 | 2 | .800 |
| 43Martin BironG | 0 | 0 | – |
New Jersey Devils
| 16Bobby HolikC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 25Jason ArnottC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 17Petr SykoraR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:15 |
| 18Sergei BrylinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:27 |
| 21Randy MckayR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| 26Patrik EliasC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:33 |
| 28Brian RafalskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:58 |
| 11John MaddenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 12Sergei NemchinovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| 15Andreas SalomonssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 19Jim McKenzieL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:59 |
| 20Jay PandolfoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 23Scott GomezC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:48 |
| 3Ken DaneykoD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:15 |
| 4Scott StevensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:34 |
| 5Colin WhiteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 6Tommy AlbelinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 27Scott NiedermayerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Martin BrodeurG | W | 21 | 1 | .952 |
| 40Scott ClemmensenG | 0 | 0 | – |