Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, November 28, 2001 · MCI Center

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5–2

26–32

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 at MCI Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 32–26.

Goals came from Maxim Afinogenov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Ken Klee, Miroslav Satan, Peter Bondra, Jay McKee and Stu Barnes.

Martin Biron made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 21 of 25.

Goals
BUF	2	1	2	5	26
WSH	0	2	0	2	32

Scoring

1st period

Maxim Afinogenov (8)Jason Woolley (5), Martin Biron (1)1–002:31 BUF
Vyacheslav Kozlov (6)Tim Connolly (10), Erik Rasmussen (2)2–005:36 BUF

2nd period

Ken Klee (1)Andrei Nikolishin (9)2–106:40 WSH
Miroslav Satan (11)Unassisted3–111:01 BUF ·
Peter Bondra (15)Adam Oates (16), Sylvain Cote (7)3–211:50 WSH ·

3rd period

Jay McKee (1)J-P Dumont (10), Stu Barnes (11)4–209:38 BUF
Stu Barnes (8)Erik Rasmussen (3), Richard Smehlik (3)5–218:50 BUF ·

Team stats

BUFWSH

2632

38%62%

0/31/2

46

1219

1712

919

136

Penalties

13:33 into the first periodChris Simon · elbowing2 min
1:50 into the second periodRhett Warrener · holding2 min
6:52 into the second periodAndrei Nikolishin · high sticking2 min
10:34 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · hooking2 min
10:39 into the third periodDainius Zubrus · hooking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Erik RasmussenC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	15:55
41Stu BarnesC	1	1	2	+4	2	0	0	0	25	18:07
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	14:58
17J-P DumontR	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	13:08
18Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	61	17:13
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	11:43
81Miroslav SatanR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:49
5Jason WoolleyD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	14:08
42Richard SmehlikD	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	0	–	24:53
74Jay McKeeD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	20:21
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	11:50
25Vaclav VaradaR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	18:54
32Rob RayR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:56
37Curtis BrownC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	36	16:05
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	42	12:05
4Rhett WarrenerD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	4	2	–	19:46
44Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	2	–	28:04
51Brian CampbellD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	10:49

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
31Bob EssensaG		0	0	0	–	00:00
43Martin BironG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	−1	6	1	0	0	–	21:31
13Andrei NikolishinC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	79	18:20
77Adam OatesC	0	1	1	−3	0	0	0	0	63	21:13
2Ken KleeD	1	0	1	0	4	1	2	0	–	24:11
3Sylvain CoteD	0	1	1	−2	2	3	5	0	–	30:18
8Dmitri KhristichR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	12:05
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	2	–	16:16
10Ulf DahlenR	0	0	0	−3	4	0	1	0	–	20:23
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	50	10:35
14Joe SaccoL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:37
17Chris SimonL	0	0	0	−2	2	2	0	2	–	11:50
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	11:36
46Michael FarrellR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	05:44
68Jaromir JagrR	0	0	0	−3	2	1	1	0	–	21:45
4Frantisek KuceraD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:43
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	–	21:53
24Rob ZettlerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	07:30
29Joe ReekieD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	0	0	–	08:26

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Craig BillingtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
37Olie KolzigG	L	25	21	4	.840	59:02