Calgary Flames vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, November 23, 2001 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Calgary Flames 5–2 on Friday, November 23, 2001 at HSBC Arena. The Flames outshot the Sabres 31–22.
Goals came from J-P Dumont, Tim Connolly, Miroslav Satan, Stu Barnes, Steve Begin, Scott Nichol and James Patrick.
Martin Biron made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Mike Vernon stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
2nd period
J-P Dumont (9)Alexei Zhitnik (13)0–100:20 BUF
Tim Connolly (4)Alexei Zhitnik (14), Miroslav Satan (9)0–206:37 BUF · 
Miroslav Satan (10)Alexei Zhitnik (15), Maxim Afinogenov (4)0–311:16 BUF ·
3rd period
Stu Barnes (7)Tim Connolly (9), Vaclav Varada (8)0–400:16 BUF · 
Steve Begin (2)Marc Savard (5), Steve Montador (1)1–406:38 CGY
Scott Nichol (4)Steve Begin (1)2–406:57 CGY
James Patrick (3)Stu Barnes (10), J-P Dumont (8)2–509:21 BUF
Team stats
CGYBUF
3122
59%41%
0/23/4
1713
1622
1315
118
46
Penalties
- 5:06 into the second period
Marc Savard · slashing2 min - 7:51 into the second period
Alexei Zhitnik · tripping2 min - 9:39 into the second periodRobyn Regehr · roughing2 min
- 12:07 into the second periodMarc Savard · roughing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodJay McKee · roughing2 min
- 12:08 into the second periodMarc Savard · high sticking2 min
- 15:25 into the second periodDenis Hamel · fighting5 min
- 15:25 into the second periodSteve Montador · fighting5 min
- 17:52 into the second periodBrian Campbell · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the second periodRob Niedermayer · slashing2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodRob Ray · roughing2 min
- 19:47 into the third periodCraig Berube · roughing2 min
Season series
Calgary Flames
| 26Steve BeginL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 08:19 |
| 27Marc SavardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 15:12 |
| 40Scott NicholC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:40 |
| 58Steve MontadorD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:48 |
| 10Dave LowryL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:32 |
| 16Craig BerubeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 07:50 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 22Craig ConroyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 23Clarke WilmC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| 36Ronald PetrovickyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 37Dean McAmmondC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 20:32 |
| 44Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:51 |
| 3Denis GauthierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 6Bob BoughnerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:36 |
| 28Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 32Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:38 |
| 53Derek MorrisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roman TurekG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Mike VernonG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 44Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23:48 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:29 |
| 18Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:48 |
| 41Stu BarnesC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 19:06 |
| 81Miroslav SatanR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 25Vaclav VaradaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:09 |
| 3James PatrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 9Erik RasmussenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:37 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 32Rob RayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 37Curtis BrownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:13 |
| 55Denis HamelL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 77Chris GrattonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 5Jason WoolleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 42Richard SmehlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:58 |
| 74Jay McKeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:15 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Bob EssensaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 31 | 2 | .935 |