Buffalo Sabres vs Pittsburgh Penguins

Regular season · Saturday, November 24, 2001 · Mellon Arena

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1–3

19–27

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Game summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Saturday, November 24, 2001 at Mellon Arena. The Penguins outshot the Sabres 27–19.

Goals came from Alexei Zhitnik, Ian Moran, Jan Hrdina and Kris Beech.

Johan Hedberg made 18 saves on 19 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 24 of 27.

Goals
BUF	1	0	0	1	19
PIT	0	2	1	3	27

Scoring

1st period

Alexei Zhitnik (1)Miroslav Satan (10), J-P Dumont (9)1–004:52 BUF ·

2nd period

Ian Moran (1)Wayne Primeau (2), Darius Kasparaitis (3)1–105:32 PIT
Jan Hrdina (6)Aleksey Morozov (5), Michal Rozsival (3)1–216:19 PIT

3rd period

Kris Beech (1)Michal Rozsival (4), Billy Tibbetts (4)1–312:30 PIT

Team stats

BUFPIT

1927

42%58%

1/60/3

1218

1428

714

24

42

Penalties

4:06 into the first periodMichal Rozsival · holding2 min
4:22 into the first periodDarius Kasparaitis · interference obstruction2 min
8:34 into the first periodRichard Smehlik · boarding2 min
8:34 into the first periodKrzysztof Oliwa · cross checking2 min
15:52 into the first periodMiroslav Satan · high sticking2 min
15:52 into the first periodJanne Laukkanen · holding2 min
18:24 into the first periodStu Barnes · delaying game2 min
2:43 into the second periodRob Ray · elbowing2 min
6:19 into the second periodDarius Kasparaitis · roughing2 min
10:17 into the second periodMichal Rozsival · roughing2 min
11:03 into the second periodVaclav Varada · tripping2 min
20:00 into the second periodJ-P Dumont · roughing2 min
20:00 into the second periodIan Moran · roughing2 min
8:52 into the third periodAlex Kovalev · interference obstruction2 min
12:48 into the third periodMilan Kraft · high sticking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	2	–	13:29
81Miroslav SatanR	0	1	1	−2	1	1	0	2	–	21:11
44Alexei ZhitnikD	1	0	1	−1	3	2	0	0	–	29:45
9Erik RasmussenC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	15:14
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	10:55
18Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	31	18:25
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	19:06
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	06:01
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	33	16:55
41Stu BarnesC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	2	53	19:08
55Denis HamelL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	10:34
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	13:43
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	11:56
3James PatrickD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	–	19:29
5Jason WoolleyD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	2	0	–	16:58
42Richard SmehlikD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	–	16:30
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	–	12:47
74Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	16:14

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	L	27	24	3	.889	58:48

Pittsburgh Penguins

Pittsburgh Penguins skaters

28Michal RozsivalD	0	2	2	+2	2	0	0	4	–	19:50
12Billy TibbettsR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	75	12:31
15Wayne PrimeauC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	46	12:27
16Kris BeechC	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	50	12:35
38Jan HrdinaC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	100	19:54
95Aleksey MorozovR	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	11:14
11Darius KasparaitisD	0	1	1	+1	1	7	4	4	–	21:11
24Ian MoranD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	5	2	–	23:04
14Milan KraftC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	62	14:29
17Toby PetersenC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	16:40
20Robert LangC	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	65	22:11
27Alex KovalevR	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	–	18:59
29Krzysztof OliwaL	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	2	–	08:31
33Dan LacoutureL	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	10:40
44Stephane RicherR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:34
2Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	0	–	19:03
5Janne LaukkanenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	15:52
8Hans JonssonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	17:16

Pittsburgh Penguins goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	19	18	1	.947	60:00
30Jean-Sebastien AubinG		0	0	0	–	00:00